MINIMUM WAGE: We Are Ready To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage – PDP Governors

Peoples Democratic Party governors have expressed their readiness to pay
the N30,000 new minimum wage approved by the Federal Government.
But in a communiqué read by the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum,
Seriake Dickson, after their meeting at Bayelsa State Government Lodge in
Abuja on Thursday night, they urged the President to present a bill before the
incoming National Assembly to review the constitution to accommodate a
fresh revenue allocation formula.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus; Senate President, Bukola
Saraki; and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were
present at the meeting.
The governors were Dickson (Bayelsa), Emeka Ihedioha (Imo), Ifeanyi
Okowa (Delta), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Udom
Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Seyi Makinde (Oyo).
Others were Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Bala
Mohammed (Bauchi) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi.)
Dickson said, “We are very eager to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage to
alleviate the plight of workers.
“We want to do so to alleviate the plight of the long-suffering Nigerian
workers who have been underpaid and who are currently groaning about the
economic hardship as a result of what has gone wrong with the economy
since the APC government took over. We therefore call on Mr President to
urgently present a bill before the incoming National Assembly to review the
constitution to accommodate a fresh revenue allocation formula in the
country.”
According to the Bayelsa State governor, the PDP governors deliberated on
the alleged diversion of local government allocations by state governments
and condemned it.
He said no PDP governor was involved in the diversion of council allocations
and challenged the Federal Government to name the states and the
governors who tampered with council funds.
Dickson said, “We maintain that PDP states do not indulge in such a
reprehensible conduct. “In our case, we know the reverse is the case. The
state governments, rather have been supporting, subsidising and funding the
local governments. We call on the Federal Government and the agencies that
have been making this allegation to name the state governments and
possibly even tell us the date and the people who were in charge at the time
the diversion took place because for us we do not indulge in it and we also
want to join in condemning it.”
The forum also expressed its concern with the alleged politicisation of
security apparatus in some states by the Federal Government.
According to the governors, this could be the reason behind the growing
insecurity in some parts of the country.

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