He, however, explained that they cannot be forced to comply with the consequential adjustment.
According to him, payment will be determined majorly by the Internally Generated Revenue of each state and the number of civil servants on their payroll.
This formed part of the deliberations when the governor’s met at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Monday.
The development comes just days after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) ordered that payments of the new minimum wage and the consequential adjustments, must be completed by the 31st of December, 2019.
Others in attendance included Governors of Sokoto, Imo, Anambra, Ondo, Adamawa, Oyo, Osun, Cross River states, and some deputy governors.