Civil servants threaten shutdown over N70,000 minimum wage

  • Civil servants across the 36 states of the federation have called on the governors to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage
  • The president of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Shehu Muhammed, threatened to shut down activities in defaulting states
  • Muhammed said that implementing the new minimum wage is the priority of labour at the moment

The ASCSN boss said that implementing the new minimum wage is the priority of labour.
Photo credit: @NLCHeadquartersSource: TwitterFor states not ready to implement the new minimum wage, let me tell you categorically, it is impossible. We are coming for them.The most important priority now is to address the issue of the new minimum wage by constituting a committee to address the consequential adjustments towards implementation and the strategies to ensure workers have a living wage in Nigeria.The full implementation of the new national minimum wage and its consequential adjustments at both the federal and the 36 states of the federation will be the top priority of Organised Labour.Gombe governor cries out over N70,000 minimum wage

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