The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to the approval of President Bola Tinubu. This was according to a...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the N35,000 wage award agreement with the Federal Government will continue until a new minimum wage is determined. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)on Monday in Abuja. It would be...
The Trade Union Congress(TUC) has urged the Federal Government to implement all agreements reached with the organised labour in 2023, especially the National Minimum Wage. Mr Festus Osifo, TUC President, said this in a 2024 new year message jointly signed by Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has set up a committee on payment of N30,000 minimum wage to primary school teachers in the state. Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Enugu State wing, Chief Theophilus Odo, made the disclosure on Thursday in Enugu during the 2023 World...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has announced a new minimum wage of N40, 000 for workers in the state to ease the pains caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. The governor also announced N5 billion revolving loan for farmers, as well as free transportation and medical care. Uzodimma...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has proposed a wage award to the Federal Government to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers and Nigerians. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this on Wednesday at the ongoing 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), in...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has released demands it made at the meeting held with the Federal Government on Sunday over the recent fuel subsidy removal. In a statement signed by the union’s President, Mr Festus Osifo, and General Secretary, Mr Nuhu Toro on Monday, the union...
Oyo State Government on Monday set up a committee to review the N30,000 minimum wage to meet up with present day realities in view of the fuel subsidy removal. Gov. Seyi Makinde set up the committee at a meeting with the leadership of the labour unions operating in the...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to jettison its proposed strike and embrace dialogue with the Federal Government by way of wage review and palliatives for the citizenry. He said the court has consistently maintained that strike should be the last option,...
It is becoming apparent that the organised labour may not give the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, the luxury of time to settle down before agitation for a wage increase, as the clock of the May 29 inauguration thickens. To them, they will not accept anything less than a N100,000...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu on Monday begged for forgiveness from the state workers for unknowingly or otherwise stepping on some of their toes. Bagudu stated this while speaking at the occasion of 2023 Workers’ Day on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Anambra Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, said that the N30,000 national minimum wage for Nigerian workers is grossly insufficient to sustain the average worker and his family. Soludo stated this while addressing the state workers during the 2023 May Day celebration held at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, on Monday....
The Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Mallam Abdullahi Yaman, has promised to pay N100,000 as minimum wage for workers, if elected in the upcoming general election. Yaman made the pledge on Wednesday during the Gubernatorial Candidates Debate organised by the Joint Kwara Labour Congress...
The Labour Party says it would implement a minimum wage of N80,000-N100,000 if the party wins next year’s presidential election. A few days ago, the Labour Party unveiled its manifesto after a long wait with its presidential candidate Peter Obi touting the payment of hourly wages as against the...
The Zamfara Government has approved the immediate implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for the State workforce. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, by Mr Babangida Umar, the Director-General Press Affairs, office of the Deputy Governor. The deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, made this known while...
Zamfara Head of Civil Service, Kabiru Gayari says the state government will soon implement the N30,000 minimum wage for workers. Gayari spoke on Tuesday at the 4th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Zamfara Chapter in Gusau. The Head of Service, who...
Edo State Government on Sunday approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state in commemoration of 2022 Workers’ Day. The Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, made the announcement in Benin while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. Governor Obaseki said his government will continue...
Workers in Enugu State Government parastatal agencies were in all black attires on Sunday during the Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers marched with a banners captioned ‘Black May Day for Parastatals in Enugu, Nonpayment of new minimum wage, Long Denials of...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those...
The National Industrial Court (NIC), Enugu Division, presided over by Justice Oluwakayode Arowosegbe, has restrained members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Enugu State chapter, from proceeding on strike. Arowosegbe gave the order on Friday in Enugu while ruling on an exparte application brought by the state government....