{"id":111628,"date":"2024-04-29T19:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111628"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:51:03","slug":"obaseki-increases-minimum-wage-to-n70k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/obaseki-increases-minimum-wage-to-n70k\/","title":{"rendered":"Obaseki increases minimum wage to N70k"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has announced a new minimum wage of N70,000 for civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>The governor made this known on Monday, while inaugurating the Labour House.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki named the Labour House after Adams Oshiomhole, Senator representing Edo North, and former governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new minimum wage regime in Edo will take effect from May 1, 2024,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have been pushing for a new minimum wage for workers across states. This is coming on the heels of the hardship occasioned by the economic reforms of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of subsidy on petrol and unification of the forex windows in 2023, immediately led to food inflation and a spike in the prices of other goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the national minimum wage has been pegged at N30,000 since April 18, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, this sum has been described as \u201cgrossly inadequate\u201d and \u201cpoverty wage\u201d in the face of prevailing economic hardship.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has announced a new minimum wage of N70,000 for civil servants. The governor made this known on Monday, while inaugurating the Labour House. 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