Makinde Approves N80,000 As Minimum Wage for Oyo Workers
The Oyo State Government has approved a ₦80,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state.
A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, says the Technical Committee set up by the State Government recommended and got the governor’s approval for the implementation of the new salary scale.
Oyelade noted that the new scale would be implemented as soon as the consequential adjustments process is completed by the committee which comprises of Government and Labour top officials.
He recalled that only last month, a Federal Government Agency, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its latest employment statistics published for 2024, rated Oyo state as the most worker friendly State in the whole of Southern Nigeria owing to a significant decline in Oyo State unemployment rate following a series of high-pitched employment of workers into various sectors of the State.
The Commissioner also emphasized that Oyo State pays its workers salaries on the 25th of every month since Governor Makinde came into office in 2019.
He also said the Governor started paying the previous ₦30,000 minimum wage from inception over four years ago, including consistent payment of pensions, gratuities and 13th month salary for both workers and pensioners alike.
He recalled that since November 2023, Governor Makinde has been paying ₦25,000 to its workers and ₦15,000 to its pensioners as a welfare wage award.
