The 36 state governors on Thursday kept mum on the vexed minimum wage issue. They also did not broach the matter despite meeting with President Bola Tinubu who participated in the closed-door session.
Specifically, President Tinubu in fulfilment of his promise to consult and engage widely before making a recommendation on the minimum wage imbroglio to the National Assembly, attended the meeting constitutionally presided over by the vice president.
But the governors who attended the National Economic Council (NEC) maintained a silent disposition over the wage issue while briefing newsmen after their closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The governors on Wednesday met and took a position which, it was believed, would have tabled before the President at the meeting held inside the Council chamber.
Recall that the NGF had earlier insisted that they cannot pay the N60,000 earlier proposed by the federal…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
