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States don't have capacity to pay National Minimum Wage - Gov. Adeleke

By Adekunle Alao

Indications have emerged that the Osun State Government may not be committed to paying the new National Minimum Wage being proposed for workers across the country.

This position was disclosed by the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, after today's zonal hearing on the national minimum wage held in Lagos.

Governor Adeleke, in a news release by his spokesperson, said a uniform wage is not possible in the country given the current national economy and tilted revenue sharing formula.

According to him, unless the solid minerals are removed from the exclusive list and revenue sharing formula reviewed to favour the sub-nationals, many states would find it difficult to implement the new minimum wage.

"It would amount to self deceit to assume that states have equal ability to pay," Governor Adeleke posited in the press statement.

He concluded that individual states would have to negotiate with their workers and agree to a realistic and sustainable wage in line with the available resources.

Commenting on the development, an Osogbo-based human rights activist, Comrade Josiah Adelodun, berated the state governor for what he described as the governor's undignified stance, noting that such a position is like shifting the goal post in the middle of a football match.

Adelodun said, "The statement coming from the Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, is uncharitable. It should be condemned by all lovers of good governance and decency."

He added, "The governor was selected by his colleagues in the South-west to represent them at the negotiation table. And the tripartite committee has been meeting since January. It is disturbing that the Governor is now shifting the goal post at the point the committee is about to send its recommendation to the President for approval.

The activist said the statement credited to Osun governor, that states would not be able to pay the agreed national minimum wage and therefore are at liberty to begin a new round of negotiation with labour leaders, is wicked and unpatriotic.

He said the governor and other state governors who are devising excuses not to pay the proposed wage should be told in clear term that the National Minimum Wage is a constitutional matter and they are obligated to comply with it.

Governor Adeleke is the representative of the South-west governors in the 37-member tripartite committee tasked with the responsibility of recommending a fair and sustainable national minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

But there is money to loot for them

The negotiations never end some of the governors have started backing out.

Let's see

They don't, because they wait for monthly allocation from FG after using dirty/corrupt politics and incompetence to generate very little