₦airaland Forum

Bayelsa state workers who were celebrating when governor Diri announced a new minimum wage of 80k, which is 10k above the federal government are now planning protest when the template was made public. The governor in October last month, promised a minimum wage of 80k, which he said will become effective from November 1st.

Minimum Wage Structure:

- _Level 1, Step 1_: N80,000
- _Level 2, Step 1_: N80,277
- _Level 3, Step 1_: N80,514
- _Level 4, Step 1_: N80,649
- _Level 5, Step 1_: N80,774
- _Level 6, Step 1_: N80,954

As seen above, level 1 to 6 earns 80k. In the higher levels like 14,15,16 and 17, the addition to the previous amounts ranges from 5,000 to 20,000. Most civil servants believed that the government is not sincere and are pleading with the national leadership of NLC and TUC to intervene.

The civil servants in Bayelsa State has been deceived

It's almost every state is adopting this fraudulent template to reduce the money that pay

But why do different states come up with different templates? I thought that since minimum wage is a matter of law, whatever template is put up by the federal government should be applied across states, LG and private sectors.

Bobloco:
But why do different states come up with different templates? I thought that since minimum wage is a matter of law, whatever template is put up by the federal government should be applied across states, LG and private sectors.

That's not the case, states can form their own templates and that's where a lot of things will go wrong as it is in Bayelsa State. Though from what I have seen so far from few other states, Bayelsa's own is relatively dubious