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January 7, 2020
TheNigeria Labour Congress, NLC has cautioned three States yet to make moves toopen negotiation on the consequential adjustment of the minimum wage ofthirty-thousand naira.
NLCPresident, Ayuba Wabba, who issued the warning when he appeared on a nationaltelevision, he listed the affected the states as Kogi, Cross River and Taraba,which he said should be ready for a showdown with the Labour.
Heobserved that twenty-three States have taken substantial steps to resolve theissues of consequential adjustment of the minimum wage, through negotiationwith their labour leaders.
Wabbaapplauded ten States that had started paying the minimum wage with itsconsequential adjustment, insisting that the law which fixed the minimum wagemust be respected by all the State governments.
TheLabour President said it is gratifying that the Federal Government had startedpaying the arrears of the new wage from April last year, when the law wasenacted. He noted that the leadership of Labour decided to monitor developmentsat State levels to avoid situations whereby workers will be offered peanuts.