The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 14 states to commence industrial strike from Sunday, December 1, over failures to comply with the N70,000 new minimum wage.
The affected states are: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Oyo, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara.
This directive was contained in a letter signed by NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and addressed to all presidents and General Secretaries of all the NLC affiliates which reads, “Recall that NEC of 8th November, 2024 in Port Harcourt directed that industrial action to compel the implementation of the new national minimum wage should commence in any state that has not complied by the end of November 2024.
“This position was reinforced by the CWC in Kano on 27th of November, 2024. Following the above, it is our information that your state has not commenced the said implementation as workers are still paid on the old structure and there is no subsisting agreement to show the date of commencement of the implementation.
“You are hereby directed as a matter of utmost seriousness to commence the implementation of the said, NEC and CWC directive, effective Monday, December 2nd, 2024”.
The letter also stated that failure of state branches to comply would attract dire consequences.