ABUJA—THE 36 state governors have said that they can no longer
pay the N18,000 minimum wage that was signed into law in March
2011 by former President Goodluck Jonathan, owing to the poor
state of the economy. Organised labour in its immediate reaction,
however, kicked against the governors’ stance, saying workers are
ready to shut down the country, if the governors push them into it.
Rising from a crucial meeting that ended at the early hours of
yesterday, at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja
under the umbrella of Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, the
governors said that dwindling prices of oil had drastically affected
their states’ income.
Specifically, they said that the burden of the wage was lighter when
oil sold at $126 as against the current $41 per barrel.
They, therefore, sought audience with President Muhammadu
Buhari on the economy, resolving that the only way out of the
quagmire was to diversify the economy towards agriculture and
mining.
Reading the communique issued at the end of the meeting,
Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz
Yari hinted that the Forum also backed the Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) over the N1.4 trillion
sanction on MTN.
According to him, the governors agreed that the fine must be paid
in full.
He explained that they received briefing from the Acting Executive
Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Professor Umar
Dambata who explained the matter to them.
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mad governors.

Nigeria is a failed state