• 32 states express readiness, yet to implement
• Cross Rivers, Zamfara, Imo, Katsina silent on implementation
• Osifo urges govt on inflation-adjusted wages
• Workers task Tinubu on living wages, say they can’t survive on pay
With feelers suggesting that many of the state governments have yet to communicate when the N70,000 minimum wage implementation will commence or lack the resources to pay, there are signals of a possible fresh struggle ahead of the full take-off of the year, The Guardian can report.
Workers, especially in the public sector, are earnestly awaiting the take-off of implementation, which the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, will start nationwide this month. But at best, workers are only hopeful as there are no concrete assurances when payment will start.
Amidst cautious hope, the Nigeria Labour…
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