Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has given the nod for a new minimum wage of ₦80,000 for state employees, effective immediately.
The announcement came from Dotun Oyelade, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, who said in a statement from Ibadan, the state capital, that the Technical Committee assigned by the state government had advised on the new wage and received approval from the governor to implement it.
“This revised wage structure will be applied once the committee, which includes high-ranking government and Labour officials, finalizes the required consequential adjustments,” Oyelade explained.
Oyelade highlighted that Oyo State had recently been rated as the most worker-friendly in Southern Nigeria by the National Bureau of Statistics, following a substantial drop in unemployment due to large-scale hiring in various state sectors.
“Governor Makinde’s administration has consistently paid workers on the 25th of each month since he assumed office in 2019,” Oyelade noted.
From the beginning of his tenure, the governor established the previous ₦30,000 minimum wage and has also consistently paid pensions, gratuities, and a 13th-month bonus to both employees and retirees.
Since November 2023, the state has been paying a welfare wage supplement of ₦25,000 to workers and ₦15,000 to pensioners, aimed at offsetting the impact of the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidies, and these payments have remained consistent for over a year.
The commissioner also confirmed that Governor Makinde has cleared outstanding gratuities for pensioners dating back to 2008 through 2015, and has increased gratuity payments for retirees under both the Local Government Staff Pensions Board and the Ministry of Establishment and Training.
Additionally, the governor reinstated pensioners previously removed from payrolls by past administrations and continues the tradition of providing an annual Christmas/New Year chicken bonus to all pensioners.
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