Civil servants across the country have asked the state governors to slash their salaries and allowances and those of their appointees to enable them to pay the new minimum wage of N62,000 proposed by the federal government.
The civil servants, who spoke to our correspondents on condition of anonymity, yesterday, slammed the governors for saying they could not afford the proposed wage.
The workers said they would sue the governors should they refuse to implement the new minimum wage when approved by the federal government.
This is as the organised labour also yesterday described the stance of the state governors on the issue as insensitive, wicked and selfish.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had, on Friday, stated that state governments could not afford to pay N60,000 as new minimum wage and that some states would end up borrowing to pay workers.
