Gombe agrees to pay N70,000 minimum wage – Deputy Gov Gombe Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has announced his intention to pay the new N70,000 national minimum wage to workers in the State. Gombe Deputy Governor Manassah Jatau who is also the Chairman of the state’s Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage negotiation revealed this to journalists on Sunday. He added that his committee is fine tuning the details in that respect while assuring that Governor Inuwa Yahaya is committed to paying the new minimum wage. Represented by the Head of Civil Service, Alh. Ahmed Kasimu Abdullahi, during the briefing, the Deputy Governor explained that the Governor is highly committed to ensuring that civil servants in the state enjoy the N70,000 new national minimum wage so that they can put in their best in serving the state. He said that the Governor has set a machinery in motion and the standing committee has been fine-tuning to see to the implementation of the new minimum wage. According to him: “...