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The Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to start an indefinite strike by December 1, 2024, if the new minimum wage act promised in July 2024 is not implemented.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared an indefinite strike scheduled to start on Dec. 1, 2024, if the Federal Government does not implement the new minimum wage of N70,000 promised in July 2024.
This decision was made after the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. In a communiqué released by the body, the NLC noted that certain governors and officials across the country were yet to implement the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act amidst the rising economic hardship in the country.
Further, the body will set up a National Minimum Wage Implementation Committee that will “among others, commence a nationwide assessment, mobilisation and sensitisation” to ensure every worker and citizen is educated on the need to resist the “assault on their dignity and rights.”
The NLC added that they “shall initiate a series of industrial actions in all non-compliant states and shall not relent until the minimum wage is fully implemented across Nigeria.”
The communiqué stated that all states that haven’t implemented this act by Dec. 1, 2024, will face an indefinite strike.
“All state Councils where the National Minimum Wage has not been fully implemented by the last day of November 2024 have been directed to proceed on strike beginning from the 1st day of December 2024. Nigerian workers demand justice, and justice they shall have.”
