Oyebanji to Ekiti workers: I’ve not done anything unusual, thank Tinubu for new wage

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has urged workers in the state to thank President Bola Tinubu and not him for enabling the state to pay the new minimum wage.

Oyebanji said this when hundreds of civil servants stormed his office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

The workers were dancing and singing in appreciation of the payment of the new minimum wage as reflected in their December salary paid on Tuesday.

The governor told the workers that the payment of the new minimum wage was made possible because of President Tinubu’s reforms which he said ceded more funds to the states.

“But for the president’s reforms, which gave more money to states, a number of state governments would not have been able to pay the minimum wage,” he said.

Oyebanji also hinted at the possibility of an increase in the minimum wage from N70,000 once the state gets more resources.

Oyebanji added: “Honestly, I don’t think you should thank me. We have not done anything unusual. You worked hard and got paid by government.

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“But I thank you also for showing appreciation. Thank God and thank President Bola Tinubu also.

“I’m saying this because what you are seeing today are the outcomes of the reforms he embarked on.”

The workers who were led to the governor’s office by some Permanent Secretaries thanked Oyebanji for fulfilling his promise to ensure they got a good deal in the minimum wage payment.

The Permanent Secretaries among the workers thanked the governor for including them in the new wage increase, thereby ending several years of exclusion in the minimum wage arrangement.

The development, according to them, confirmed Oyebanji’s promise to ensure that every category of workers benefits from the new minimum wage.

The Star