Workers in Ondo State have been granted N73,000 minimum wage.
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa announced this during the flag off of his campaign in Ondo town for the Nov.16 governorship election in the state.
The governor is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the election.
The flag off campaign, which kicked off in Ondo West Local Government Area of the State, had many party chieftains, in attendance.
He said the new minimum wage was important for people of the state to vote for him to enable him continue the good he was currently doing.
The governor said the N73,000 new minimum wage was part of the fulfillment of his promise to ensure workers in the state enjoyed dividends of democracy and lived a better life.
He said the feed back he got from his appointees, showed that people were happy with his good work so far.
“I will like to mention few of our various initiative we have brought on board, in the last 10 months.
“In Agriculture, in other to increase our food production, we have approved over N1 billion to clear lands for our people to boost food production.
“We have also embarked on rural road construction, and we have flagged off over nine rural roads.
“To further enhance and support our farmers, we are upscaling our security architecture so that when farmers go to farm, they will be secured.
“We have also supported our home grown security network and other security agencies.
“The collaboration between security outfit and Amotekun has been fantastic to achieve the desired result,” he said.
