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Indefinite pay strike

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    Government workers in more than two-thirds of Nigeria's 36 states said they would begin an indefinite strike on Tuesday to demand wage increases, news organisations reported. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Adams Oshiomhole, said he instructed his members to strike because "we have exhausted all avenues to let the state governments concerned see reason with us but all have failed," the independent daily, 'The Guardian' reported. Some states have agreed to pay the increases, but the NLC gave an ultimatum last week that the remaining 28 states should implement the new N3,000 minimum wage (US $32) or face industrial action, the 'The Guardian' said. Lagos State workers backed out of the proposed strike on Monday, saying they believed the state government would pay the minimum wage.

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