The Oyo state government Thursday said the salary and wages of workers in Oyo state will increase by 86% from January 2025.
The Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan.
The statement said Prince Oyelade, while receiving the Oyo state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Kayode Martins, in his office Tuesday stated that with the payment of ₦80,000 minimum wage from 1st of January, 2025, Oyo state government will pay workers ₦11.9 billion monthly instead of the current ₦6.4 billion.
The commissioner said with the monthly increment of 86% in salaries and wages for Oyo workers from ₦6.4 billion to ₦11.9 billion, Oyo state government is now committed to the payment of over ₦143 billion on salaries and wages annually.
He added that, “Gov Seyi Makinde is determined to cater for the welfare of workers while not compromising the welfare of the generality of the people and the critical sectors.”
He stated that Governor Makinde is giving more to workers in the state beyond expectations and what any other administration has ever done.
Prince Oyelade added that the governor proactively announced a four year promotion of workers in order to avert the promotion crisis that had been on the ground before he came into office in 2019.
Speaking during the visit, the Oyo state NLC chairman, Comrade Kayode Martins, said the ₦80,000 minimum wage and its consequential adjustments in Oyo state is more favourable to workers across all grade levels when compared with other states including the federal government.
The NLC chairman said Governor Makinde, whom he referred to as “Workers’ governor,” has been consistent in his love for workers, adding that Oyo was the first state to implement the old ₦30,000 minimum wage and also started negotiating a new minimum wage with labour leaders even before the federal government approved the ₦70,000 minimum wage.