The Oyo State Government has set a minimum salary of ₦80,000 for its staff.
Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, stated in a statement that the State Government’s Technical Committee proposed and Governor Seyi Makinde approved the adoption of the new compensation scale.
He stated that the new scale would be introduced as soon as the committee of top government and labor leaders completed the necessary adjustments process.
Oyelade recalled that only last month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its latest employment statistics published for 2024, rated Oyo as the most worker-friendly State in Southern Nigeria owing to a significant decline in the state’s unemployment rate following a series of high-pitched employment of workers in various sectors of the state.
The Commissioner noted the State pays workers salaries on 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 workers and pensioners.
