We Will Begin Indefinite Strike If You Fail To Comply – Labour Gives Gov Sule Ultimatum On ₦70,000 Minimum Wage

Organised Labour in Nasarawa State has given Governor Abdullahi Sule, a three-week ultimatum to begin the payment of the ₦70,000 new minimum wage.

The Congress also urged Sule to commence the payment of backlog of workers’ entitlements running into ₦250 million.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Nasarawa State, Ismaila Okoh gave the ultimatum at a press briefing in Lafia on Thursday.

Okoh spoke at the end of an emergency meeting held by labour with workers in the state.

He warned that failure to meet the demands, workers in the state would embark on a strike.

He said, “We are giving the Nasarawa State government until the end of August to start paying the new national minimum wage and other entitlements of workers in the state in order to avert an indefinite strike.

“Civil servants in the state have made enormous sacrifices for the development of the state, so it is important for the state government to act fast in improving the welfare of workers.” 

When Punch contacted, the state Head of Civil Service, Abigail Waya, she said the government had yet to conclude plans for the implementation of the new minimum wage.

Waya, however, assured the workers of the state government’s commitment to improving their welfare.

The aforementioned publication explained that the atmosphere around the civil service in Nasarawa State had been characterised by uneasiness, uncertainty and apprehension following repeated pronouncements by the state government that it was ready to commence payment of the new national minimum wage.