The Federal Government on Tuesday stated that state governments will have to negotiate their own minimum wage with workers.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made the disclosure after the National Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The minister, however, stated that the Federal Government had resolved to pay its workers N30,000 as the new national minimum while the State Governments are free to negotiate with their respective staff.
READ: Buhari, Obasanjo, others approve N27,000 minimum wage
The organised labour had insisted on a N30,000 minimum wage as proposed by the Ama Pepple tripartite committee, while the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) proposed N24,000.
The meeting which lasted for about three hours, was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Abdulsalami Abubakar and the former head of the interim government, Chief Ernest Shonekan.
