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Workers in Nigeria, are today joining their counterparts worldwide to mark the 2024 workers day.

The day had been declared work-free to enable workers participated in the celebration.

The 2024 workers day in Nigeria is being celebrated with mixed feelings as the economic hardship was heightened in the past days by an acute shortage of petrol, and rising inflation.

Also, the expected new national minimum wage would not be made public today.

Earlier, the new wage was scheduled to be announced today by federal government at the eagles square, Abuja.

But the negotiation of the new wage by the tripartite committee, including representatives of the federal and state governments, the organized labour and private sector are yet to conclude their negotiations.

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The pay rise also took effect from January 1, 2024.

As workers worldwide celebrate Workers Day today, labour said yesterday that workers and the masses in the country have in the last twelve months, been through tough and agonising experiences as a result of policies of the federal government.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, agreed with the labour leaders, saying Nigerian workers have never had it so bad with government policies skewed against their welfare.

Meanwhile, the federal government has declared today a public holiday to enable workers celebrate it.