- The minimum wage controversies were yet to come to an end as organised labour threatened to take action on defaulting states
- Joe Ajaero, the president of the NLC, disclosed that the leadership of the union would hold an NEC meeting to determine how to deal with states not paying the new minimum wage
- The NLC’s comment is coming as about four states, which are Zamfara, Imo, Akwa Ibom, and Katsina, had yet to make a move on the implementation of the new minimum wage
Organised labour in Nigeria is closely monitoring the implementation of the national minimum wage across different states. The Federal Government has set this January as the starting date for state governments to begin paying the N70,000 minimum wage approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024.
While most states have committed to paying the new wage, many have yet to start making payments since the approval in July. Workers had expected payments to begin in December but now anticipate that payments will commence in many states by January.
