The Bayelsa State Government and the chairmen of the eight local government areas in the state have agreed to the demand of organized labor to pay the new N80,000 minimum wage to workers in the unified local government service.
The state government, which had earlier approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in its employ, also promised to add to the December salaries of its workers the differentials that will arise from the ongoing discussions on the template used in paying the new wage last month.
Bayelsa State Acting Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this during a meeting with the State Minimum Wage Implementation Committee, the eight local government chairmen, and the organized labor leaders representing the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), among others.
He urged labor to come up with their own computation following the consequential adjustment principle and harmonize it with the state team before next week for the government to pay the differentials alongside the December 2024 salaries.
