The Association of Local Government of Nigeria says the Local Government administrations in the country cannot afford the proposed minimum wage by the organised labour.
ALGON National President, Aminu Muazu-Maifata, stated this on a live television programme on Thursday.
He said with the present allocation from the Federal Accounts, no local government administration can pay workers the ₦62,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government let alone the ₦250,000 demand of the organised labour.
Muazu-Maifata said some local governments have not started paying their workers ₦30,000 which was approved as minimum wage in 2019.
He said in many local types of council, workers are still being paid the ₦18,000.
He said an affordable minimum wage should be set and not something unsustainable.