Newsbreak: Edo state approves N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants, honours Oshiomhole

By Samuel Ogunsona

Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved N70,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state.

Implementation of the new salary will take effect from 1 May, 2024, the historic Workers’ Day.

Obaseki has also honoured his political rival and former godfather, Senator Adams Oshiomhole.

Obaseki made announcement of the new minimum wage known to the public while commissioning the new Labour House in Edo state on Monday, April 29.

Obaseki, while speaking during the Labour house building which was named after the former president of Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, said every details of the new minimum wage would be made public on workers day.

He also mentioned that he had already prepared to increase the state minimum wage from N40,000 to N70,000 before the federal government fix the minimum wage for all workers.

The state government on it X page also confirmed the increment in the new minimum wage in a press statement issued on the Monday.

“The Governor made this declaration while commissioning the Labour House, which is second to none, and regarded as the most magnificent Labour House in Nigeria, built by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, and named after a foremost labour unionist in the country who hails from Edo State, Comrade Sen. Adams Aliu Oshiomhole.,” the statement read.