The governor, however, disclosed that implementing the new wage would commence in January 2025.

Speaking with Punch on the next line of action, the secretary of the NLC in the state said on Saturday that the union had withdrawn from the proposed strike action.

He said, “We are not joining the strike action; representatives of the labour union and the state government have signed a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of the new minimum wage.”

Similarly, organised labour in Oyo State dissociated itself from the strike.

In separate interviews with Punch in Ibadan, the state capital, the NLC state chairman and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Kayode Martins and Bosun Olabiyi, respectively, said labour would not participate in the strike.

Martins said, “We have liaised with the national secretariat, and we let them realise the stage we are. Already, we have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for the conclusion of everything.

“We wrote in our press release that we have a good rapport with the government.”

In his submission, Olabiyi said, “We are dissociating ourselves totally from the strike in the state. We have an understanding with the state government; we are not going on strike because everything is fine in this state.”

On his part, the NLC Chairman in Katsina State, Hussaini Danduna, said workers in the state would not join the planned December 1st industrial action.

He said, “We have signed an agreement with the Katsina State Government, and based on this, we are not going to join the strike action declared by the national executive council of our union.”

Also, the TUC Chairman of Katsina State, Mukhtar Abdu-Ruma, said workers would not join the action following the agreement with the state government on Saturday.

“The new minimum wage will be implemented in December, and we have agreed on the minimum wage and consequential adjustment,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the TUC Chairman in Akwa Ibom State, Dominic Abang, said public civil servants would not participate in the planned industrial action by the NLC over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

Though the state NLC Chairman, Sunny James, could not be reached on the phone, Abang told Punch in Uyo, the state capital, that the TUC had gone far at the committee level, and there was no need to join the strike.

However, the Kaduna State chapter of the NLC on Saturday confirmed its participation in the planned nationwide strike scheduled for December 1, 2024.

The Chairman of the Kaduna State NLC, Ayuba Suleiman, confirmed the state’s participation while speaking with the platform.

When asked if the NLC was prepared to embark on the nationwide strike, Suleiman replied, “Yes, we are set for the strike.”

Similarly, the Nasarawa State chapter of the NLC declared its readiness to comply with the nationwide strike order.

The state NLC Chairman, Ismaila Okoh, said a notice of strike had been issued to all its members to drive home their demands on implementing the new national minimum wage.

Also, the FCT council of the NLC directed workers in the six area councils of the FCT to embark on an indefinite strike on December 1 until further directives were issued.