The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chapter in the federal capital territory (FCT) has recommended that all workers in the six local councils go on indefinite strike beginning December 1.
Knabanyi Adalo, chairman of the council, issued the decision in a statement on Saturday.
Adalo stated that the decision was in line with a communique issued by the NLC national executive council (NEC) on 8 November in Port Harcourt.
He stated that the NEC has asked council chairmen to adopt the N70,000 national minimum wage.
Adalo stated that the chairmen had declined to respond to the demand to adopt the minimum wage in their individual councils.
“The state administrative council also noted with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by the area councils’ chairmen to pay some pending entitlements to the workers, including the outstanding arrears of primary school teachers,” he said.
“Therefore, all workers in the six area councils in FCT are hereby directed without hesitation to proceed on an indefinite strike beginning from December 1, until further directives.”
Meanwhile, the Sokoto state chapter of the NLC has called off its planned strike.
Ahmed Aliyu, Sokoto governor, declared during the presentation of the 2025 budget plan to the house of assembly that the N70,000 minimum salary for workers in the state will be implemented in January.
During a news conference, Abdullahi Aliyu, the state’s NLC chair, stated that the execution is consistent with the larger purpose of promoting development in the state.
“The state branch of the NLC supports the implementation of N70,000 announced by the state government effective January 2025,” he said.
“We will also assist the state government in the process of implementing the minimum wage even it means conducting screening and verification to ensure only genuinely employed workers benefit from the new minimum wage of N70,000.”
Aliyu urged workers to exercise patience, while expressing confidence in the state government’s commitment to unveiling more beneficial welfare packages for its workforce.
“We are optimistic that other welfare packages are coming to workers in the state,” he said.