Nigeria Labour Congress threatens action against 70,000 wage defaulters

The Nigeria Labour Congress has issued a stern warning to state governments and other employers of labour, threatening decisive action against those who fail to implement the 70,000 national minimum wage and the corresponding salary adjustments by the end of the first quarter of 2025.

The warning was made by the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mohammed Ibrahim, during the association’s National Leadership Retreat in Abuja.

Ibrahim, who also serves as the National Internal Auditor of the NLC, emphasized that state governments and institutions delaying or manipulating wage payments would face serious consequences.

Addressing journalists, Ibrahim criticized the insincerity of some state governments and employers, accusing them of merely treating the wage increase as an “award” without proper implementation.

He noted that the intervention of the NLC had already forced some state governments to rush into agreements. Ibrahim assured Nigerian workers that the NLC would not relent in its fight for full compliance.

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