The Oyo state administration has started paying the new N80,000 minimum salary in accordance with Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise.

On Sunday, January 26, 2025.  the Oyo government had paid its employees N12 billion. Gov Seyi Makinde’s approval of the minimum wage in November 2024. Now, the commissioner for information and orientation, Dotun Oyelade, confirmed that the salary adjustment by the Makinde administration benefits all categories of workers. Employees on Grade Levels I to VI now receive an additional N50,000, while those on Grade Level 17 have seen their salaries increase by over N180,000.

Pensioners also benefited from the new wage structure, with a minimum pension set at N25,000 and a 33 percent increment granted to over 40,000 retirees.To further ease financial burdens, the state has reportedly eradicated the N4,000 retirement form fee—a move expected to save nearly N20 million for about 4,500 workers nearing retirement.

the federal government assured that many state governments and the federal capital territory (FCT) administration would implement the new national minimum wage by January 2025. Muhammad Dingyadi, the minister of labour and employment, gave this assurance in December 2024 during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCN) at his office in Abuja. While Sokoto, Imo, and Akwa Ibom state governments and the federal capital territory (FCT) have set January ending for civil servants to receive a raise in salaries, workers in Cross River and Ebonyi states, among others, are not certain about when their government will commence paying new emoluments.