UPDATE: SEE WHAT GOVERNORS DID AFTER MEETING BUHARI OVER MINIMUM WAGE

            Governors keep silent over N30,000 minimum wage after meeting Buhari 


There was mix of confusion and surprise among journalists in Aso Rock, the seat of power in Nigeria located in Abuja, as state governors who met with President Muhammadu Buhari kept mum after the meeting on Monday, November 19. It was learnt that part of the discussions at the meeting centred on the lingering issue of the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the organised labour. Daily Trust reports that the governors in attendance included Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda It was a closed-door meeting, the report said. The report said Yari who chairs the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) led the Governors to the meeting that lasted for over an hour. Legit.ng earlier reported how many governors said their states had no capacity to pay the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by labour. They also asked for a review of the revenue allocation or they would retrench workers. But in a reaction, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ) condemned the reported threat by the governors to sack workers if the new national minimum wage of N30,000 is implemented. Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, in a statement issued on Thursday, November 15, in Abuja, said the threat was not new. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Wabba was reacting to the statement made by the Chairman of NGF, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara, threatening to sack workers on the account of the new national minimum wage of N30, 000, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, also supported the workers recently saying Nigeria can afford to pay wages and called on governors to do their duties.