NLC President, Ayuba Wabba speaks during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on May 3, 2021.
On the minimum wage, the labour leader threatened a shutdown in states where governors are yet to implement the policy. He added, “Today, more than one-third of the states are not paying. Some actually implemented for Levels 1-6. It is only about lack of resources, it is about whether they are committed to workers’ welfare. “If not, how can a state like Rivers be talking about workers’ welfare up till now. This is the real issue. Those governors that are good, are not in the same category.