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Thursday 19 November 2015

We may downsize or cut down on salaries- Nigerian Governors Forum

Governors under the umbrella body of the Nigerian Governors Forum say they may have to downsize the number of Civil Servants on their payroll or reduce the salaries of civil servants following the dwindling revenue generated from the Federal and state levels.

Rising from their meeting in Abuja yesterday November 18th, one of the governors, Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state who spoke with newsmen, said there was no way the country could continue with a situation where expenditure is more than income.


“We are faced with a situation where we either have to reduce cost through salary reduction or downsize. All these we don’t want to do but prefer to have a roundtable with the president, ministers, economists to look for means of getting out of this problem.”he said
On his part, the Chairman of the NGF and Niger state governor Abdul’aziz Yari said the falling price of oil has made it difficult to pay the N18,000 minimum wage
“The situation is no longer the same when we were asked to pay N18,000 minimum wage, when oil price was $126 per barrel and continued paying N18,000 minimum wage when the oil is $41 per barrel and the source of government expenditure is from oil, and we have not seen prospects in the oil industry in the near future. We are coming together in a roundtable with President Buhammadu Buhari and his team of ministers, technocrats, economic experts to see how we can tackle our situation.”he said
at 11/19/2015 07:18:00 pm

60 comments:

  1. Davido's driver19 November 2015 at 19:19

    They should cut down their own salaries.

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    1. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:27

      😐 lol yeah they should

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    2. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:27

      Why not cut down their own salaries? Which kind change be this sef??

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    3. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:27

      Dey should not try touching those people salaries o! Dey should rather cut down on manpower. Linda take note!

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    4. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:28

      Dey should not try touching those people salaries o! Dey should rather cut down on manpower. Linda take note!

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    5. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:37

      God will punish all d pple dat voted APC and deir change.. Bonario ist... Gej increased nd set minimum wage to 18k now u want to reduce.. Wat abt d 50k for corpers it mit turn down to 5k fools while u pple keep taking hundreds of millions as security vote

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    6. Unknown19 November 2015 at 20:34

      This men re just useless, and y can't de cut down or downsize their own salary? Useless bunch of old men!

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    7. APPLELIPX19 November 2015 at 21:56

      As in enhhh...
      Very fucked up pple
      Instead of looking for ways to generate income the idiots are talking about reducing d ordinary man salary

      Wat exactly is the job of a governor??? Isn't it these civil servants that do all wok???

      Let them cut down on unscrupulous allowances both in the national assembly and as state governors. Imagine d baboons still relying on oil

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    8. Unknown19 November 2015 at 22:22

      I pray they go 4d latter instead of d former.

      Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

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    9. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 01:11

      90 dollars a month is the minimum wage compare that to 10 dollars an hour in New York which is their minimum wage and the so called GIANT of AFRICA cannot pay that, complains of brain drain and wants people to earn nothing from extremely corrupt officials who do no know their worth because they lack the knowledge. Even homeless Americans on social welfare earn 778 dollars a month. In Ireland , people on social welfare earn 800 Euro a month. In the uk they earn about 500 pounds a month. However a worker earning 90dollars a month and pays more for fuel than Americans or British people is going to have more of his pay cut. If Nigeria does not force legislators to start earning what civil servants earn after all they are employed like civil servants , then this country is doomed !!!

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    10. Unknown20 November 2015 at 08:31

      Ogbeni don already cut down salary for Osun

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  2. Jasmine Joseph19 November 2015 at 19:21

    Hmmmmmmm It Is well

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    1. Bonita Bislam19 November 2015 at 19:40

      Are they for all? To begin with,how much is even the salary of civil servants? Can't believe even in the FCT here ,some ministries are giving out peanut of 54k as salary to graduates.
      Instead of slashing salaries of civil servants,how about cutting down their frigging expenses & allowances? The very day they try that bulshit,that's the very day I lose confidence in this regime.This isn't frugality, this is wickedness

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  3. STERN19 November 2015 at 19:21

    The economy of Nigeria has tripled to worse. .it's so sad.

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    1. Unknown19 November 2015 at 23:30

      All senators, house of rep members, governors, ministers, d president shud downcut deir salaries.....these civil servants v nids,bills, families to take care of n u still wanna down cut it...stupid govt....thiis is definitely not the change we seek

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  4. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:21

    It's very easy 2 talk abt down sizing when u end up enriching ur pockets with billions of naira nemesis will surely catch up with u especially in a country with so much resourceS

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  5. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:21

    Can u imagine
    Not gd at all
    Government shld start frm senate down
    Wen de salary isn't even enof 4 civil servants
    Rubbish

    # oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#
    # oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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  6. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:22

    They should not even try it.
    They should cut salaries first.

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  7. NaijaDeltaBabe19 November 2015 at 19:23

    Haba! How big is d salary sef?

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  8. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:25

    Una father left yansh una don reduce una salary?

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  9. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:26

    So what will be the justification of Buhari borrowing 3 trillion Naira. Bunch of jokers called APC people. You are increasing budget to finance your fat salaries and allowances yet you want the common man to be retrenched. BUNCH OF JOKERS CALLED BUHARI AND APC.

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  10. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:26

    So what will be the justification of Buhari borrowing 3 trillion Naira. Bunch of jokers called APC people. You are increasing budget to finance your fat salaries and allowances yet you want the common man to be retrenched. BUNCH OF JOKERS CALLED BUHARI AND APC.

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  11. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:27

    Joke of the century. I laugh at it in kiswahili. Next channel.

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  12. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:27

    GOVERNMENT OF CHANGE!!!. You increase your budget but ypu reduce the salary of the common man, or possibly sack them. we dey look una.

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  13. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:28

    Give us good governance u bastards.since buhari cut his yeye salary in half how has that profited anybody?repair the economy or at least put it back where jona left it,reduce fuel price which u guys insulted jonathan for but now wanna remove subsidy fully,make fuel available which it isn't,constant powere cause now we don't have more than 5 hours of light in a day(while fuel remain scarce),give us water we haven't had in over a month.no one is asking for this rubbish.Eye service governtment.they just do enough so people won't start stoning but that is all.mchew..................linlin how far naow?linda abeg dey post my comment oohhh

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  14. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:28

    Y dont dey lead by example n slash dere salary n dere alowances 1st

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  15. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:28

    Hmmm... change indeed!

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  16. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:29

    Are these APC jokers serious? what about the loan Buhari wants in trillions. Thieves!

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  17. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:32

    Fuck them

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  18. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:34

    Hahahahahaha.change is here.hunger go kill all u change bastards by Gods grace.hahaha.reduce salary that was not much before?lol jonathan u will be missed.u knew how to handle things except bokoharam which some bastards where using.hahaha.cut salary that is not enough before?and sack people.Get ready ohhhh.I laugh at change.what some stupid nigerians didn't know during elections is that change can be negative.all smart people saw jona as the lesser of two evils during the election.u guys voted in someone who proudly refused to debate right?becos he had no plan and can't speak well.suffer for ur stupid heads lol.Meanwhile the north will be getting billions in renovation alone,but I guess just like the merit appointments the north got,I guess the people in the north are more deserving than anywhere else.they get billions in renovation while people else where are sacked...............linlin how far na;).what's wrong?please post comments.people have to come repeatedly to search for their comments.God is watching

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  19. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:36

    Can they hear themselves?

    The Nigerian workers would agree only when you TRUELY cut down on their frivolous spending.

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  20. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:40

    Have you guys reduced yours? Slashed all these unnecessary offices you guys create? Stop all these irrelevant oversea travels you guys make God willl definitly visit you governors if any of you tries to tamper with any ones work or salary.

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  21. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:49

    They should start from their own end. Leadership by example.

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  22. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 19:52

    This is so so true, casual/contract/non indigenes workers are at the verge of losing their jobs! It's getting really serious! Ya Allah av mercy :(

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  23. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 20:02

    Dis people didn't have conscience at all, how much are d civil servant earning dat dey want to cut down.

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  24. Chimezie Njoku19 November 2015 at 20:07

    Governors here's an advise. Down size your salary first and then all those in government with you. If downsizing is still needed then you may downsize civil work pay by the same percentage (%) as you did yourself and those in government with you. This downsizing should be temporary for civil workers.

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  25. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 20:10

    U ppl better bring down ur salary and leave regular civil servants alone

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  26. Unknown19 November 2015 at 20:13

    Assholes.
    They should QUIT living LAVISH.

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  27. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 20:13

    All na change.expecting more shange.Nonsense

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  28. Unknown19 November 2015 at 20:16


    Cut your own first

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  29. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 20:18

    U see dis apc demons..dey control n gt kickbacks from contracts yet its d food of d poor man dey wanna take..idiots..dey cant tink how to generate revenues..d govt is d biggest employee of labor all around d world..is dis wat we bargained for??

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  30. tsax5th19 November 2015 at 20:19

    This means no hope at all for further employment . Even those with recruitment letter r still waiting for posting . Diaris God datz all

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  31. edDREAMZ19 November 2015 at 20:25

    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    Am not a salary earner so i dont knw hw to relate with this at all....
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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    1. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 00:30

      U are not a salary earner but u are definitely a heartless fool.what ever ur job is(probably wages from pushing trucks) when the people who are to employ ur services have their salary cut down we will see who will hire u.no matter what this will affect u too even though u live in jupiter.ewu....................linlin abeg post my comment sha.diaris God ohh

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  32. ummi19 November 2015 at 20:26

    They should start with senators first

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  33. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 20:35

    Buharis regime is d worse.......

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  34. Unknown19 November 2015 at 21:10

    I pledge 2 Nigeria my country....... way go soon catch fire

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  35. surryluv19 November 2015 at 21:14

    Dis is crazy I swear down, they should count their own salaries down first dis ajimobi sef am beginning to hate him

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  36. LovePaprika19 November 2015 at 21:18

    HE IS NOT WELL! WHEN HIS DAUGHTERS ARE LIVING LAVISHLY! HOW ABOUT YOU CUT DOWN YOUR OWN SALARY DEAR LEADERS! LEAD BY EXAMPLE! CIVIL SERVANTS WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT WITH HARDLY ANYTHING!!!! TO SHOW FOR IT! HA BA! HOW HEARTLESS CAN OUR LEADERS BE? TUFIA!

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  37. Unknown19 November 2015 at 21:46

    Ajimobi isn't fit to say anything,that coward. TIMILEYIN BLESSING

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  38. Unknown19 November 2015 at 22:11

    Wait o,do dis government think Nigerians are fools?everyday,no money nd yet they make d most expensive trips out of the country!as far as am concerned, it's their own salaries dat is killing the economy of Nigeria. Wen they shuld b talking abt creating jobs,they want to cause more unemployment!they should continue! 4yrs don dey waka......

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  39. Unknown19 November 2015 at 22:11

    Wait o,do dis government think Nigerians are fools?everyday,no money nd yet they make d most expensive trips out of the country!as far as am concerned, it's their own salaries dat is killing the economy of Nigeria. Wen they shuld b talking abt creating jobs,they want to cause more unemployment!they should continue! 4yrs don dey waka......

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  40. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 22:34

    Pls what happens to all the money FIRS collects Biko? Where is Abacha's returned loot? Governor, commissioner and councillors salary should be published and reduced to. Or maybe reduce d no...there was a time we had 19 states...so little money went round better

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  41. Blackberryhub Stores Ikeja19 November 2015 at 23:31

    Nigerians Nigerian Nigerians ..... if na you dey there ... na same same ... lets just pray a miracle happens and the price of oil increases ... then we can go back to our giant of Africa ways ( giant wey no dey .. produce anything.. evribodi na buy and sell .....

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    1. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 09:36

      #AnonymousIgbogal Sorry to. Bust your bubble oil price is going to fall some more because other countries that used to depend on our oil have upgraded to cleaner and cheaper sources of energy

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  42. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 01:08

    Bonari won't comment on this one, change my ass. I feel sorry for this country.

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  43. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 03:17

    Dis is d bitter truth, n we can choose to accept or ignore it, d TRUE CHANGE we are lukin for in dis country can only com tru a REVOLUTION. D present system is too corrupt to b reformed. It needs to b destroyed n rebuilt.

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  44. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 09:30

    CUT DOWN URS FIRST...THIEVES!

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  45. Unknown20 November 2015 at 14:37

    yet nobody is talking about cutting senator's salaries. smh

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  46. Unknown26 November 2015 at 19:10

    Yeah, they should cut down on their own salaries

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