Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider increasing Nigeria’s national minimum wage to N100,000.

AbdulRazaq made the appeal on Friday in Lagos when members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, paid a Sallah homage to President Tinubu at his Lagos residence.

Speaking during the visit, the NGF chairman noted that many states are already paying close to N100,000 as wages and urged the Federal Government to begin discussions on a new minimum wage benchmark.

On the issue of minimum wage, most of the states are paying almost 100,000 naira today and I urge your excellency, let’s all have a discussion in moving the minimum wage to 100,000.”

“We know we will get the normal support from you as we go ahead to implement that,” he said.