19 STATES YET TO COMMENCE THE PAYMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE SAYS ~ NLC

Worker's Day: See the States that are Paying the N30,000 New Minimum Wage to their Civil Servants

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that only 17 states out of 36 states have so far commenced the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage for civil servants in their employment.

The labour union also said that negotiations on the payment of the new minimum wage are still on-going in 16 states.

States that have commenced the implementation of the new minimum wage are:

1. Borno,

2. Delta,

3. Ebonyi,

4. Edo,

5. Jigawa,

6. Kaduna,

7. Kano,

8. Katsina,

9. Kebbi,

10. Lagos,

11. Ondo,

12. Sokoto,

13. Yobe and

14. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

NLC also said that 20 states have not commenced the implementation of the new minimum wage.

The states include:

1. Benue

2. Cross River

3. Ekiti

4. Enugu

5. Gombe

6. Imo

7. Kogi

8. Kwara

9. Nasarawa

10. Ogun

11. Oyo,

12. Osun

13. Plateau

14. Rivers

15. Taraba

16. Zamfara.