The Oyo state governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, has said the state cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Makinde, while speaking to newsmen in Abuja after attending the induction programme for returning and newly elected Governors, said the federal government should have allowed states to negotiate the new minimum wage for their workers as the condition of living varied from state to state.
He said he intended to negotiate with the Oyo state branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) because the state could not afford to pay the amount.
The Governor-elect said the federal government lacked the power to impose a national minimum wage of states since Nigeria is a Federation.
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