Oyo State Workers Vanguard

06/11/2024

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06/11/2024

PRESS RELEASE

Minimum Wage: Makinde Pays Oyo Workers ₦80,000, Consolidates NBS Rating

The Oyo State Government has approved a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for the State workforce.

In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Technical Committee set up by the State Government recommended and got approval from Governor Seyi Makinde for the implementation of the new salary scale.

This new scale will be implemented as soon as the consequential adjustments process is completed by the committee which comprises of Government and Labour top officials.

Prince Oyelade recalled that only last month, a Federal Government Agency, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its latest employment statistics published for 2024, rated Oyo state as the most worker friendly State in the whole of Southern Nigeria owing to a significant decline in Oyo State unemployment rate following a series of high-pitched employment of workers into various sectors of the State.

The Commissioner also emphasized that Oyo State pays its workers salaries on the 25th of every month since Governor Makinde came into office in 2019.

He also said the Governor started paying the previous ₦30,000 minimum wage from inception over four years ago, including consistent payment of pensions, gratuities and 13th month salary for both workers and pensioners alike.

He recalled that since November 2023, Governor Makinde has been paying ₦25,000 to its workers and ₦15,000 to its pensioners as a welfare wage award.

The Information Commissioner noted that the Seyi Makinde administration started paying the wage award to cushion the effect of the Federal Government induced fuel subsidy removal and has also been consistent with the payment for over a year even till date.

Prince Oyelade reiterated that the Governor has paid the backlog of gratuities from 2008-2015 for Pensioners with increase in gratuity payment for Pensioners at both the Local Government Staff Pensions Board and those paid by the Ministry of Establishment and Training.

He added that the Governor has also put back into payroll, Pensioners whose names were removed by the immediate past administration and giving all pensioners annual Christmas/New Year Chicken Bonus.

E-signed:
Prince Dotun Oyelade
Honourable Commissioner for Information
Oyo State.
6th November, 2024.

23/07/2024

The Senate has Approved The Following On Minimum Wage:

●The 70k New Minimum Wage Bill For All Nigerian Workers.

●A Reduction Of The Minimum Wage Periodic Review From 5years To 3years.

21/07/2024

Ọ̀YỌ́ NLC, TUC CALL FOR QUICK IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MINIMUM WAGE.

Labour leaders in Oyo state have emphasized the need for quick implementation of the new national minimum wage approved by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu so as to ease the hardship being faced by workers in the country.

Speaking in an interview, Chairman, Oyo state chapter of the Nigeria labour congress, NLC ,Mr Kayode Martins said though new minimum wage approved by the president was a welcome development but delay in it’s implementation might prolong the suffering of Nigerian workers.

While imploring governors in the country to emulate the gesture of the federal government, Mr Martins stressed the need for the governors to expedite action on its quick implementation.

Speaking in the same vein, Trade Union Congress, TUC chairman, Mr. Bosun Olabiyi said the three years reviewing system approved by the federal government is commendable and advised the federal government to be quick in the implementation

He also appreciated all the stakeholders that was involved in the agitation for the spirit of sportsmanship.

21/07/2024

20/07/2024

Why we accept N70,000 minimum wage.

20/07/2024

The Oyo state government is confident that the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage by the federal government will not be too challenging to implement.

Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the chief press secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, confirmed this to The Nation on Friday, July 19.

Olanrewaju recalled that during the 2024 Workers Day celebration, the governor had pledged to pay whatever the national minimum wage would be set at.
He emphasised that the governor’s promise remains firm and noted that the state currently pays a minimum wage of N30,000 plus a N25,000 wage award, totaling N55,000 without any outstanding payments.

He concluded that increasing the payment from N55,000 to N70,000 would not be too difficult for the state government.

That promise stands. So, Oyo will pay the new minimum wage.

“The current minimum wage in Oyo is N30,000 but since October 2023 the state has been paying N25,000 wage award.

“This means the state has been paying N55,000 minimum wage since October last year without owing.

19/07/2024

COMMUNIQUE OF AN EMMERGENCY NATIONAL PARK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING OF NIGERIA LABOUR CONFERENCE (NLC) HELD ON FRIDAY THE 19TH DAY OF JULY 2024.