Nigeria Labour Congress Boss, Ayuba Wabba has revealed that four states in Nigeria have not started paying the 30,000 naira minimum wage since the bill was signed into law in April 2019.
He gave the names of the states as Taraba, Zamfara, Cross River and Abia. Wabba said that under the convention, the Nigerian government has the obligation to compel those states to implement the national minimum wage for workers .
Ayuba made this known on Saturday at the 110th session of the International Labour Conference, ILC, in Geneva, Switzerland . The ILC is the largest international gathering dedicated to the world of work, and attended by representatives of governments, employers of workers from the 187 International Labour Organisation member states.
