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Ebonyi State Governor Speaks On Why Most States May Not Be Able To Pay N30,000 As New Minimum Wage

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Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi has noted that at least 95% of the states in the country cannot afford to pay the proposed N30,000 minimum wage to workers.

Umahi made this known yesterday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital.

He said the only way the N30,000 can be achieved is if the federation account allocation formula is reviewed to offer more earnings to states.

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The governor said: “The federal government collects 52 percent of the revenue from the federation account and when I tried to put the N30,000 figure to local government areas (LGA) it means they will borrow N1 billion to add to their allocation, in paying salaries.

“I will definitely not be a governor to govern such a state and will never preside over a state that will allocate 100 percent of its earnings to pay salaries.”

He urged the country’s leaders and labour to liaise and decide on the percentage of the federation account that should be voted for salaries and other sectors.

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“We should determine how much should be allocated to education, health, infrastructure among others if 100 per cent of earnings are used to pay workers salaries,” Umahi said.

“Many states are experiencing various problems and cannot pay salaries but the people condemn their governments over their inability to provide good roads and other amenities.

“People don’t understand the problems being experienced by these states and the governors have kept quiet for long and need to speak presently.”

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