Minimum wage: NLC suspends strike

The organized Labour in Nasarawa State has called off its indefinite strike embarked upon.

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, had embarked on the industrial action over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

On November 23, NLC said its December 1 deadline for all states to implement the new minimum wage was sacrosanct.

However, NLC Chairman in Nasarawa, Ismaila Okoh, said the workers called off the strike after extensive negotiations with the state government and interventions by key stakeholders.

Speaking at a press conference in Lafia on Monday, Ismaila Okoh, NLC chairman in Nasarawa, said the workers ended the strike after the Nasarawa government “agreed to adjust the minimum wage effectively.”

“A template has been finalized for the consequential adjustments of the minimum wage for workers on Grade Levels 7 to 16,” he said.

Also speaking, Mohammed Doma, the TUC chairman in the state, said the payment of the new minimum wage, including the agreed adjustments, will be paid, calculated from December 1.