By Ken Chiwendu
President Bola Tinubu has asked state governors to implement the wages award to ameliorate the hardship facing the people.
Tinubu made the call during the flag of the Agricultural Mechanisation revolution for food security and the commissioning of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu international airport in Minna, Niger state on Monday.
The president said that the implementation of the wages award when combined with the N30,000 minimum basic wage would be a relief to the people pending the announcement of a new salary wage
” Let all the states start paying the wages award . Whatever they are taking now plus their wage award would relieve the public.
He said “Please I’m not giving an order ,I’m appealing to you states, start paying the wages award .Let everyone start paying it . It is a relief to the people.
Speaking further on the issue he said ” the mechanism is the fact that it won’t be inflationary if we announce a new salary wage in a few weeks or months ,they would have gotten used to the basic wages of N30,000 plus the wages award, and it will have a dampening effect on the market . Please get sub – nationals together, and NEC should adopt it “
The president also promised to tackle the issue of insecurity and food crisis.
