N70,000 minimum wage: 27 states yet to inaugurate committees on payment, see full list with details

  • At the moment, some states have delayed the implementation of the new national minimum wage
  • Interestingly, Lagos state is paying workers N77,000 while Edo is paying its workers N70,000 even before President Bola Tinubu signed the minimum wage bill into law
  • However, Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta and 21 other states have not set up committees to implement the approved N70,000 minimum wage

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements

Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage.