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December 28, 2019
Organized Labour says it is ready to go to war with anyGovernor that fails to implement the thirty thousand naira minimum wage and theconsequential adjustment that follows for workers in their States.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari signedthe new minimum wage Act into law on April 18th, 2019.
The Federal Government and Organised Labour agreed to a 23.2percent increase for workers on Level-seven and 20 percent for workers onLevel-eight, while it agreed on 19 percent increase for workers on Level-nine.
Only five States: Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Adamawa and Jigawahave commenced implementation and payment of the new wage after it was signedinto law in April.
The Secretary-General of Trade Union Congress, TUC,Musa-Lawal Ozigi, said any Governor that fails to implement or show commitmentbefore the Tuesday deadline would be considered to have declared war againstLabour.
He added that said Organised Labour would decide on how tohandle disobedient state governors who fail to implement the new wage at theend of the December 31 deadline.