Zulum, Uzodinma and Nwifuru, among the 17 other governors, have come under fire for the minimum wage payment.
Nigeria News Nalin Alhaji Haruna Kankara, the president of the Nigerian Local Government Employees Alliance, said on Sunday that about 20 states have not yet implemented N70,000 n70,000 new minimum wages for local government staff and primary school teachers.
The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territority, Abuja, Borno, and others.
The Nigerian news platform learned that Nulge leaders revealed this to answer questions about the implementation of new minimum wages by LG workers and primary school teachers in the country.
After the Minimum Wage Act of 2024 signed the Minimum Wage Act, about 20 states began implementing new wage laws.
Persistence includes Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Niger, Enugu, Gigua, Gombe, Ogun, Kibi, Ogun, Run.
President Bola Tinubu signed the 70,000 minimum wage bill on July 29, 2024 after months of negotiations with the union.
Amid the country’s economic hardship, the new monthly minimum wage increased by 133% from N30,000 to N70,000.
Kankara has updated the implementation of the law, “We do face challenges from many states, such as about 20 challenges that have not yet begun to implement new minimum wages.
“We have states like Sokoto, Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Imo, Ebonyi, Borno, Borno, Cross Rivers, Cross Rivers, FCT Abuja and other states. Some people have started paying local government staff and primary school teachers, but we continue to pay, but we continue to interact with them and turn to help for these workers.
“Some of them promised but failed to fulfill their promises, but we hope that all of them will be resolved soon.”
In implementing LG autonomy, Nulge leaders explained that the central bank has not yet opened a bank account with the Council.
“What the union has been asking is that the central bank of Nigeria will open an account for local governments to them, but so far this has not done so.”
Nulge’s Kwara State President Seun Oyinlade said the state government began paying N70,000 to state workers in October 2024.
However, he lamented that the huge taxes imposed by the government on workers reduced workers’ income and salary.
“Since October 2024, N70,000 minimum wage that approves the minimum wage of workers in the state has been implemented for workers in the state, but the heavy taxes imposed by the state have greatly affected the income and salary of our members.
He added: “When the Nigerian Labor Assembly called for tax reductions to the state government, the government provided workers with a three-month tax cut, which ended in December 2024, but the government has begun deducting taxes since January.”
NLC State Chairman Muritala Olayinka confirmed that the state government has begun paying new wages to all workers in the state.
He noted: “Since last October, the Kwara State Government has begun implementing a new minimum wage for workers in all categories and all workers are starting to enjoy new wages.
“While workers complained that the NLC proposed a one-year tax holiday, the government approved only three-month tax holidays for workers ending in December.
“After that, Congress has written a letter to the governor to extend the tax holiday. We are waiting for the government’s reply and we hope this will be positive.”
A teacher in Sokoto confirmed that the state government has implemented a new minimum wage for teachers and local government workers in the state.
Abdullahi Umar said all workers in the state have been enjoying new salaries since January.
“We have received a new minimum wage since January, although implementation has been delayed due to the FAAC allocation. We received payments for January and February a few weeks ago,” he said.
LG worker Usman Abdullah confirmed Umar and noted that N50,000 was added to their old wages.
He noted: “They added N50,000 N50,000 to our salary, but the last minimum wage of N30,000 N50,000 was not implemented at the local government level. This government as our minimum wage benefit increased by 50,000 nn 50,000.”
Meanwhile, data obtained from the National Teachers’ Alliance shows that some teachers have not yet received a minimum wage of N30,000 in 2019.
Data shows that Zamfara, Yobe, Taraba, Sokoto, Niger, Kogi, Kaduna, Imo, Gombe, Gombe, Cross River, Borno, Bernue, Benue, Adamawa and Abia State have not yet implemented the N30,000 N30,000 N30,000 teacher salary.
Some LG teachers have called for federal intervention.
A teacher who is reluctant to fear victimization said: “For us in Yobe, we have not even benefited from the previous minimum wage.
A teacher at the Bwari Regional Council of FCT regrets the neglect of LG workers and teachers in the FCT government.
He said on condition of anonymity: “In FCT, not only teachers were involved, but all other categories of LG workers were involved. Last month, we had a strike and a few days later, we resumed negotiations for several days. It was so unfair, just like LG treats LG workers in this country. ””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
On March 24, 2025, teachers at FCT public primary schools began their fourth strike within four months.
The teacher boycotted the course twice in December last year and once in February this year.
They are protesting against the non-implementation of the N70,000 national minimum wage by the chairmen of six regional committees.
The latest strikes undermine the second semester exams of most schools in the six district committees.
When the strike was announced at the end of the Standing Committee of the Emergency Committee, teachers stressed that one of the key agreements reached during the previous negotiations was the implementation of a new minimum wage for primary school teachers in February 2025, which formed the basis for the suspension of the strike.
The union expressed disappointment at the payment process, noting: “The council paid its February salary without resorting to the union, and the new minimum wage is disturbing, frustrating, and lacks the plight of sympathy for FCT primary and secondary teachers.”
SWSC questioned the ongoing financial burden of teachers and asked, “Why are the continuous poverty-stricken poverty? Why are there continuous hardships and hardships on teachers and their families? Enough!”
The communiqué outlines several requirements, including the immediate implementation of the national minimum wage in February’s salary and the payment of the difference between new wages.
It requires “payment of March salary based on the new minimum wage; expenditure on the six-month minimum wage arrears as previously agreed and immediate implementation of various allowance measures, including 40% special allowances and additional wage increases. ”””’
NUT, Titus Amba and Secretary-General Mike Ene’s presidents were unable to comment on Sunday because their calls indicated they had been shut down.
Mohammed Abubakar, secretary general of the Nigerian Local Government Association, told Boxing that the state finance commissioner is thwarting the grants paid directly to the Council, which has affected the financial situation of the LGA.
