Minimum wage: NLC orders Workers in defaulting states to begin strike Dec 1
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed state councils where the N70, 000 new minimum wage is not being fully implemented to begin an indefinite strike from December 1, 2024. This came as NLC called on the Federal Government to review all perceived anti-people policies lamenting that the policies were forcing Nigerians into destitution. NLC in a communiqué by its President, Joe Ajaero at the end of its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Port Harcourt Rivers State, also warned that it would not accept a situation where Rivers State workers were made victims of ongoing political crisis in the state by withholding fund meant for payment of workers’ salaries and other benefits. The communiqué read: “The NEC notes with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by some state governments to implement the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act. This betrayal by certain governors and government officials across the country flies in the face of both le...