Minimum wage: NLC orders FCT workers to begin strike Sunday

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has directed workers in the six area councils of the city to begin an indefinite strike from Sunday.

The NLC chairman in the FCT, Mr. Knabanyi Adalo, gave the directive in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Idalo said the directive was in compliance with a communiqué issued at the NLC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on November 8 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

According to him, the NEC in the communiqué, appealed to the chairmen of the FCT area councils to implement the N70,000 national minimum wage.

He lamented that the chairmen had refused to respond to the demand for implementation of the minimum wage in their respective area councils.

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Idalo said: “In response to this inaction, the organised labour in its State Administrative Council meeting held on November 12, unanimously resolved to adhere strictly to the national directive to embark on an indefinite strike.

“This directive is subject to any government’s failure to implement the national minimum wage on or before the last day of November.

“The state administrative council also noted with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by the area councils’ chairmen to pay some pending entitlements to the workers, including the outstanding arrears of primary school teachers.”

The NLC chairman described the non-implementation of the new minimum wage as a gross violation of the law and a total disregard for the welfare of workers in the area councils.

“Therefore, all workers in the six area councils in FCT are hereby directed without hesitation to proceed on an indefinite strike beginning from December 1 until further directives, ”he stated.

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