 Also in the news, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that workers and masses will not accept any further increase in the pump price of petrol in the name of a subsidy removal, urging workers and citizens to prepare for total war against full price hike. Present of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC Ayuba Waba, in a new year message to workers, also named Zamfara, Taraba, Benwe, Kogi, Cross River, and Abyan Emo State are seven states yet to implement the 30,000-hour minimum wage that took effect on April 18, 2019. The NLC directed the affected states to commence indefinite strides to force the respective state governments to implement the new wage.