The Labour in Enugu State has clarified the statement credited to the Assistant General Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Chris Onyeka, which listed Enugu State among the states yet to implement the N30,000 minimum wage.
Onyeka listed Abia, Enugu, Bayelsa, Delta, Nasarawa, Gombe, Adamawa, Niger, Sokoto , Imo, Anambra, Taraba, Benue, and Zamfara as states yet to implement the N30 minimum wage in defiance of the Minimum Wage Act, 2019.
“The payment of N30,000 Minimum wage and it’s consequential adjustment started in February 2020 for all the state workers while the local government workers and primary school teachers were paid with 25% consequential adjustment. “Besides that, the Peter Mbah Administration has also been paying monthly wage awards of N10,000 to local government workers and primary school teachers and N25,000 to all categories of state workers from December, 2023 till date to cushion the current economic hardship pending the conclusion of negotiation of a new minimum wage.
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