President Bola Tinubu has said he would approve a new minimum wage that the government can afford. He stated this on Wednesday at a dinner to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy in Abuja. The President appreciated those who stood by him over the years and promised...
Labour
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on N250,000 as minimum wage and faulted President Bola Tinubu’s comment over the matter. The committee on the new minimum wage had submitted its report to the Federal Government, pegging its offer at N62,000. President Tinubu during his Democracy Day speech...
President Bola Tinubu has assured the Organised Labour that a an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. Tinubu made this known on Wednesday in his second Democracy Day speech on June 12, 2024....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has submitted its highly anticipated report to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), marking a significant milestone in the quest to determine a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Director of Information...
The Committee of Youths on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS), has called on the the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to align its minimum wage demand with governments’ ability to pay sustainably. Its Director-General, Mr Obinna Nwaka, made the call during a thanksgiving service to mark the end of the 2024...
As organised labour and workers anxiously await an update on the minimum wage struggle, reactions have continued to trail the shutdown of the national grid by the unions during the two-day nationwide strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated an indefinite strike...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, over his comment that the shutting down of the National Grid on Monday by the Organised Labour amounted to treasonable felony and economic sabotage. The spokesperson for the NLC, Benson...
The tripartite committee meeting for a new national minimum wage is underway. The meeting, which is the fifth since the suspension of the industrial action by organised labour, is holding behind closed doors at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja. Some prominent members of the committee...
A renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi says Federal Government and the Organised Labour should take advantage of the new minimum wage negotiation to move Nigeria down the path of thrift and production. Utomi, Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) and 2007 Presidential Candidate of the African...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Wale Edu, has said “there is no cause for alarm” on the ongoing negotiations between the Organised Labour and the Tripartite Committee on the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The minister made this known after he met with...
The Organised Labour has relaxed the indefinite nationwide strike declared on Monday, for one-week, to allow continuation of negotiations The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) made this known in a communique issued at the end of a joint National Executive Council meeting on...
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has assured the general public and airline operators that the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has not affected the Nigerian airspace. Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NAMA, Mr Abdulahi Musa, said this in a statement on Tuesday...
Stranded Super Eagles players now in Uyo – NFF Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, on Tuesday confirmed that the stranded Super Eagles players in Lagos and Abuja had arrived Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff – for one week. The TUC president Festus Osifo confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday...
The Federal Government says, in the national interest, it is ready to offer higher than N60,000 national minimum wage it earlier proposed to the tripartite committee deliberating on the issue. The government decision was disclosed at a meeting of the committee convened Monday night by the Secretary to...
Aviation activities were shut down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja on Monday following the nationwide strike declared by organised labour over minimum wage. Chairman of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), Abuja chapter, Mr Samuel Wuyep, confirmed this to News Agency of...
The organised labour, under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday, barricaded the Plateau Government Secretariat, over the ongoing workers’ strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the organised labour declared the industrial action after months of...
Yobe State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has dissociated itself from the ongoing nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The association’s Chairman, Dr Abubakar Mala, told newsmen in Damaturu on Monday that the state’s NMA is not part of the strike and will...
Workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and...