By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has announced N80,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state civil service. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Ini Ememobong and made available to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday. Ememobong said...
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The Rivers State Government has approved a minimum wage of N85,000 for civil servants in the state. The Head of Service of the state, George Nwaeke, announced that the approval was granted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara during a closed-door meeting with labour leaders and senior government officials. Following the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the state will pay N85,000 minimum wage to its workers, which is N15,000 higher than the N70,000 approved by the Federal Government in July. President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law in July, ending months of...
Ondo State Government has requested the raise of its 2024 budget by N92 billion to cushion the effects of economic hardship and implement the new minimum wage for its workers. The State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who wrote to the state House of Assembly, asked for amendment and increase...
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Alhaji Bashir Ado, over alleged premature statement on N70,000 minimum wage. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Malam Bala Ibrahim, in Dutse, on Saturday. Ibrahim said...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, on Saturday, said N73,000 would be paid as new minimum wage for workers in the state. Aiyedatiwa made the announcement at the flag off of his campaign in Ondo town for the Nov.16 governorship election in the state. The governor is...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji on Saturday said workers in the state service would be paid the N70,000 new minimum wage while consequential adjustment would be added to pensions. Oyebanji made the announcement during the 2024 Pensioners’ Day, held in Ado Ekiti, which marks the beginning of activities for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, convened a meeting with the state minimum wage implementation committee during which he directed that civil servants be paid the new national wage this month. The meeting was held in Maiduguri on Monday at the council chamber of the...
by OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has given assurance that his administration will commence the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage to the state’s workers once the issue of consequential salary adjustment has been addressed. Governor Makinde made the announcement on Saturday during the 2024...
The Abia Government says it will start the implementation of the new Minimum Wage in October. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia. “Baring any unforseen circumstances, Abia...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the constitution of a committee to discuss modalities for implementing the new national minimum wage. Recall that President Bola Tinubu last month, signed the new Minimum Wage Act into law after agreeing to N70,000 with the organised...
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLCn Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has directed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Knigsly Emu, to liaise with relevant stakeholders and work out the new minimum wage consequential adjustments. Governor Oborevwori asked the SSG to work with the Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije, and the...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Sunday said it has not directed corps members to upgrade their accounts for payment of N70,000 minimum wage. The NYSC said this in a statement issued by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, on Sunday in Abuja. According...
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has lifted the 25-year embargo on employment into the State civil service. Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday. While noting that the last time mass employment...
President Tinubu on Monday signed the new minimum wage bill into law days after the National Assembly had passed the bill. Details to follow……..
Governors from the 36 states of the federation are currently convening in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, they are meeting at the NGF secretariat in the FCT. Some of the governors have already started to arrive at the meeting venue. Those...
The Federal Government and tr organised labour have reach an agreement on N70,000 new minimum wage. This was announced by Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation at the end of the meeting with labour at the State House on Thursday. Details later…..
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, has urged the organised Labour and the Federal Government to consider State and Local Government’s ability to pay minimum wage in their negotiation. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State made the call in a...
The Federal Government has said the organised labour has the duty to enforce compliance to the minimum wage payments by state governments following the inability of some states to pay. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, communicated this on Thursday in Abuja at...