The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has raises concerns over the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024.

Some civil servants have urged the Federal Government to sustain the payment of the monthly N35,000 wage award until a new minimum wage comes into effect.

The Federal Government has assured the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, of resuming the payment of wage award to workers this week.

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has said there should be no peace for any government, state or local, that refuses to implement the Federal Government’s N35,000 grant.

Workers in the construction industry today began a three-day warning strike over employers’ refusal to implement the Federal Government’s wage award.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has asked the federal government to pay its members the N35,000 wage award approved for public sector workers to avoid industrial action.

Construction workers in Nigeria have threatened to embark on three days warning strike over the non-implementation of the wage award for workers in the construction industry.

The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, says the Federal Government is committed to the prompt payment of the N35,000 wage arrears to government workers.