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Lagos workers issue strike ultimatum

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    The 55,000 strong work force in Lagos State has given the state government until Friday to pay the 3,500 naira (US $37) minimum monthly wage or face strike action, the independent newspaper 'The Guardian' reported on Wednesday.

    According to a statement issued by the Secretary-General of the Councils of Industrial Union (COIU), the workers' patience had been "exhausted."

    The union acknowledged workers had been receiving a 3,000 naira minimum wage, but said the authorities had signed an agreement on 13 March raising the minimum wage to 3,500 naira for Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states.

    Lagos State workers did not join the national strike called last week by the Nigeria Labour Congress to demand payment of the minimum wage, saying they believed the state government would pay the 3,500 naira to its workers.

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