Amaechi: Why should FG dictate the wage I will pay my workers?

[Compass]

 GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State yesterday queried the rationale behind the federalism practised in the country, saying as long as it is lopsided, there will be no equity, justice and peace.

Speaking on the N18,000 minimum wage crisis, the chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) said if true federalism is practised in the country, it was wrong for the Federal Government to dictate how much should be paid to state workers.  

[DAMS COMPANY]

THE FEDERAL OWNS THE STATE AND THE HAVE DECIDED

[cash]

My people say that okro is not greater than the person who planted it. The states are created by the Federal Government. How then can the States thwart the orders of the Federal Government?

[emezico]

l agree with you both. The states government should follow the federal government regulations on the new minimum wage.