Agreement Between t he Nigeria Governors' Forum {NGF) And t he Labour Movement Represented b y t he N,LC and t he TU C on Implementation of t he National Minimum Wage o f N18, 0 0 0 The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF}, t h e Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and t h e Trade Union Congress (TUC) held a. meeting in Abuja on Tuesday 19th July, 2011 on t h e implementation of t h e new minimum wage. The meeting agreed that: 1. The 36 States o f t h e Federation agree t o comply with the new National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act, 2011; 2. The . States shall conclude negotiations with labour on t h e implementation o f t h e n e w minimum wage n o t later than July 31, 2011; . 3 . Detailed negotiations on salary across board will be done with a view t o effecting payments by August 2011, while modalities f o r payment o f t h e minimum wage will be worked o u t according t o th e peculiarities o f each state 4. The 36 States agre e that t h e effective date f o r t he implementation o f t h e n e w minimum wage shall n o t be later that 1st August 2011 provided that any worker who earned less than t h e =N=18,000 between 1s t April an d t h e effective date of t h e implementation o f n e w wage shall be paid arrears o f t he difference; NG F NLC Ag re ement - 19 th July ,20 11 Pa ge 1
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