The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday warned state governors against any delay in the payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage, saying doing so would force workers to embark on an industrial action.
The Anambra State Chairman of the NLC, Jerry Nnubia, stated this during the quadrennial delegate conference of the congress in the state.
He advised governors to cut the cost of governance by reducing some of their excesses to enable them to implement the new minimum wage.
Nnubia counselled the governors not to do anything capable of causing unrest among Nigerian workers, adding that the full implementation of the N30,000 monthly minimum wage would ensure stability in the polity. Read more