The National President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, announced the immediate suspension of the minimum wage strike at a press conference today Sunday in Abuja. The suspension means workers are expected to resume duties on Tuesday 02/10/2018, as Monday has been declared a public holiday by the federal government to mark the October 1 Independence Day.

The workers are demanding a new minimum wage of about N50,000 instead of the current national minimum wage of N18,000. Most state governors as well as proponents of true federalism have, however, argued that states should be allowed to set their own minimum wage especially as many states are barely able to pay the current N18,000 current minimum wage.... (click the link below to CONTINUE reading: https://www.aksu360.com/2018/09/work-resumes-as-nlc-calls-off-minimum.html)

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