Nigeria Labour Congress directs civil servants in fourteen states to commence strike due to non implementation of the New minimum wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public servants in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to commence industrial action from today, over failures to comply with the 70,000 Naira new minimum wage.

The affected states are: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Oyo, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Recall that Legislation on the N70,000 new minimum wage in Nigeria was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu in July this, year, but many states and organisations are yet to implement it for their workers.

In a letter addressed to all Presidents and General Secretaries of all the NLC affiliates, the Labour movement stated that following the resolution by its Central Working Committee in Kano, workers in the non-compliant states were required to proceed on strike to compel the government to implement the new minimum wage law.

The NLC warned the state branches that failure to adhere strictly to the directive would attract dire consequences.