President Bola Tinubu has said Nigerian workers, as the driving force of the nation, deserve improved welfare, better wages, as well as safe and enhanced working conditions The President stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while speaking with the leadership of the organised labour led by the Presidents...
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President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A top labour source told Channels Television that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has advised the Federal Government to quickly resolve the impasse surrounding the implementation of a new minimum wage for workers in the country. The Chairman of the association, Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), Kazeem Suarau, gave the advice while receiving an...
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday met with governors of the 36 states of the Federation and ministers to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers in the country, as well as other economic matters. The President and the governors met at the...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has assured workers of a better new minimum wage from the ongoing negotiations between the government, private sector and organised labour. The governors gave the assurance in a communiqué signed by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, chairman of the forum after a meeting...
President Bola Tinubu would consult further before arriving at a final decision on the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the...
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has said any amount above N62,000 approved as minimum will create job losses. Director-General of NECA, Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, said this, while speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja . He spoke on the sidelines of the third edition of the Nigeria’...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the call by some politicians for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. Secretary of NLC in Oyo State, Mr Adebayo Aribatise, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan, said that decentralising minimum wage negotiations would put workers...
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said the Federal Government has not abandoned the issue of salary harmonisation in the civil service. Yemi-Esan made the disclosure during a chat with media executives on Wednesday in Abuja, being part of activities...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeria’s international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an...
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...
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...
The Organised Labour has said it won’t accept any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 “starvation wage” as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. An Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief show on Monday. He insisted on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has called on the federal government to commence the process of an upward review of federal allocation to the 774 local councils across the country to enable them to pay the proposed 62, 000 Naira...
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...
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...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The Federal Government has made a fresh offer N62,000 as minimum wage for its workers. This development came after several hours of meeting on Friday. The new offer represents and increase of N2,00 from the N60,000 offered by the government earlier in the day....
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 Domestic Airports Cargo Agents Association (DACAA) has estimated that Nigeria lost about N7 billion during the two-day workers’ nationwide strike. The strike was embarked on by Nigerian workers under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Monday and Tuesday. ...