Niger govt’s implementation of N80,000 minimum wage by November sacrosanct — NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Niger State Council has said that the payment of a new minimum wage of N80,000 to civil servants across the board by the Niger State government at the end of November is sacrosanct.

The Chairman, NLC, Niger State Council, Comrade Abdulkareem Idris Lafene, stated this while speaking to newsmen by telephone in Minna on Saturday.

Lafene emphasised that the NLC is working round the clock to ensure that the government commences implementation of the new minimum wage by November 2024, as earlier promised by Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago.

The state NLC boss commended the Niger State government’s team for their unwavering efforts towards the successful signing of the new minimum wage agreement between the NLC and the state government.

Lafene also disclosed that the government has promised to pay 10 per cent of the consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage by January 2025.

He stressed that so far, labour has finalised necessary modalities for the effective taking off of the new minimum wage by November, assuring that the new salary table would soon be made available to the public.

“I want to use this opportunity to applaud Mohammed Umaru Bago for his magnanimity towards the welfare of the citizens, especially civil servants, pointing out that the labour would leave no stone unturned to support the state government in its drive to transform the entire state to the next level developmentally,” he said.

He urged the workers to redouble the efforts towards the realisation of the new Niger dream of Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago.

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