The Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Yahaya, says the state has standing committee on new national minimum wage.
Recall that last July the governor had wondered the viability of his state paying the new approved N70,000.
Yahaya made this disclosure on Saturday in a press statement signed by the Director-General Press Affairs Gombe Government House Ismaila Misilli, after his courtesy call to the Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Yahaya disclosed that the standing committee headed by his deputy Manassah Jatau, is looking into ways of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers.
The statement partly read, “Most states have set up committees; in Gombe we have a standing committee headed by the Deputy Governor. They are working with the labour unions to ensure that we do the right thing.
“It is a law but implementation normally has to go with consequential adjustment and each state has to follow the process properly so that we get it right.”
