ALGON rejects N62,000 minimum wage
....Says allocation to LG too small to accommodate it THE Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, said it cannot afford to pay the proposed N62,000 as new minimum wage, saying allocation to the councils from the Federation Account is too small to accommodate such minimum wage. National President of ALGON, Aminu Muazu-Maifata told Journalists in Lafia, Nasarawa State, that all the 774 Local Government Councils in the country get allocation of a little above 18 per cent from Federation Account monthly and hinged his argument on the gross inadequate of funds to pay the N62, 000 minimum wage. According to Muazu-Maifata, "Eeven if the local government executives decided to set aside the entire monthly allocations for salaries, ALGON will still not have sources to implement the new minimum wage. "Apart from payment of wages, we still have other responsibilities such as provision of affordable healthcare, educat...