BREAKING: Prominent northern governor begins payment of higher minimum wage for workers, details emerge

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has begun implementing the national minimum wage, refuting claims by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that the state is in default.

In a statement released on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa, the government clarified that the lowest-paid worker in Kaduna now earns a gross salary of ₦72,000, which was disbursed in November.