In Nasarawa State, organized labor has canceled its planned indefinite strike.
Members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had started the industrial action because the new minimum wage had not been implemented.
NLC said on November 23 that the deadline of December 1st for all states to enact the new minimum wage was untouchable.
But according to Ismaila Okoh, the chairman of the Nasarawa NLC, the workers called off the strike following lengthy talks with the state government and actions taken by important parties.
Ismaila Okoh, the Nasarawa NLC chairman, stated at a news conference in Lafia on Monday that the workers’ strike was called off after the Nasarawa government “agreed to adjust the minimum wage effectively.”
“A template has been finalized for the consequential adjustments of the minimum wage for workers on Grade Levels 7 to 16,” he said.
Also speaking, Mohammed Doma, the TUC chairman in the state, said the payment of the new minimum wage, including the agreed adjustments, will be paid, calculated from December 1.
