- Govs non-committal on commencement date
- Await FG’s circular on agreement with labour
Our Correspondents
Fresh from the conclusion of minimum wage consequential adjustment negotiations with the federal government, the organised labour has begun warming up for a fresh battle with state governors over when they would begin to pay minimum wage to their workers.
While some labour leaders are optimistic that their governors would pay the minimum wage, others are not sure on the amount to be paid and when the payment would take off.
Although the organised labour and the federal government had earlier reached an agreement on October 31 as take-off date for workers to receive the minimum wage and the arrears, THISDAY’s investigation showed that there had been no effective date so far for the implementation of the pay policy in the 36 states of the federation.
It was learnt at the weekend that the labour unions in many states were yet to meet…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
