SAN FRANCISCO, January 17, (THEWILL) – The meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) expected to discuss the issue of a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers failed to hold on Wednesday due to lack of quorum.
Only five out of the 36 governors turned up for the meeting Wednesday evening at the NGF secretariat in Abuja.
Those present included the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, as well as his Jigawa, Adamawa, Niger and Bauchi States counterparts.
Others present were the Deputy Governors of Enugu, Nasarawa, Katsina and Kaduna States who were there to represent their principals.
Wednesday’s meeting was expected to consolidate on the position taken by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), during an extraordinary meeting which held Tuesday at the Presidential Villa.
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