President Bola Tinubu signed the N70,000 minimum wage bill into law on Monday. The bill was signed by the president in the council chamber of the State House, in the middle of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. The council suspended the meeting to allow the leadership of the national assembly, led by Senate President Godswill […]
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NIGERIA – President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part of measures to cushion the pain of subsidy removal. The directive is coming as part of a way of meeting the demands of the Trade Union Congress, who said […]
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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has approved N40,000 new minimum wage for workers in the state. Governor Obaseki announced this while delivering his 2022 Workers Day speech on Sunday. He assured workers that his Government would prioritise their welfare and enhance their capacity to deliver quality service. The governor explained that N30,000 can barely […]
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai for raising the minimum pension in the state from N3,000 to N30,000 monthly. A statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to El-Rufai, said the union’s commendation was conveyed in a […]
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Mr Ekpo Nta, the Acting Chairman of the National Salaries, wages and income Commmision, has promised pensioners that their earnings will also be increased when the Federal Government finally reach an agreement with the organized Labour. He had made this statement while Mr Abel Afolayan, the President of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, visited him […]
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The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has described the agreement between the federal government and organised labour on the new minimum wage as national minimum wage, not binding on state governments. Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state who is chairman of the forum, said this on Monday while briefing reporters at the end of a meeting […]
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Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige , has said that the implementation of the new minimum wage would take effect. He stated this while speaking with journalists, adding that the payment cuts across both the private and public sectors at large. He said the consequential agreement agreed upon were “For COMESS wage structure grade level […]
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The United Labour Congress (ULC) has described the proposed nation-wide strike by organised labour as an arrangement designed to fail. The ULC in a statement issued by its President, Joe Ajaero, added that the labour centre will not be a part of the exercise that ‘makes a mockery of the genuine struggle by Nigerian workers’. […]
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An appeal has gone to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to seek other means of pressing for its demand for increased minimum wage, other than embarking on an industrial strike. Making the appeal in a statement circulated to the media in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, a renowned good governance advocate and chieftain of the All […]
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Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Chris Ngige, on Thursday held a closed door meeting with a delegation from the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The TUC national President, Mr Quadri Olaleye, who spoke with State House correspondents shortly after the meeting , said the union came […]
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