, Enugu State, on Friday suspended their strike action embarked upon over non-payment of minimum wage.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the state government, in February 2020, started the implementation of the minimum wage in the state. He said the union has been engaging the government in “series of meetings, consultations and negotiations,” since the strike began. The suspended strike was the second indefinite industrial action declared by the NUT in 2022 over the minimum wage.
Earlier, when the union issued a notice of their intention to proceed on the strike in May, following the government failure to pay minimum wage, the government filed a lawsuit against the proposed industrial action at the National Industrial Court, Enugu.