Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has declared his readiness to pay the new minimum wage should there be an agreement between the federal government and organized labour.

According to him, his administration is willing to improve the welfare of civil servants in the state.

The governor said Taraba state is prepared to follow the federal government and labour's agreement on the new minimum wage.

He stated this after an inspection tour of ongoing projects in Jalingo on Saturday, June 15.

According to Channels Television, Kefas said his government is duty-bound to pay whatever figure is finalized as the new minimum wage.

“We are progressing, we are waiting for whatever decisions the Federal Government arrives at, we are with them.

“We will make sure the welfare of our workers is everybody’s responsibility. So the Federal Government is willing to improve the welfare of our workers, the same thing at the state level.

“So we are with them, whatever they arrive at, we will make sure we follow. We are also talking even behind the scenes to ensure that we reach at something. I don’t think that is going to be an issue.”

Taraba state governments had earlier proposed N60,000 as the new National minimum wage for workers at all levels, TVC News reports.