It appears that Alex Gourevitch, Professor at Brown University, had the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), in mind, when he stated that; every liberal democracy recognizes that workers have the […]
The sorry state of the Nigerian economy with attendant poverty ravaging the largest percentage of the populace , was brought to bear Friday, with submission by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola that the least […]
The Federal government and the organised Labour at the early hours of Friday signed an agreement on the consequential adjustment of the N30, 000 national minimum wage. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, […]
The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, on Friday said the Federal Government wanted an extension of ultimatum from organised labour in order to stop the looming minimum wage strike. The Federal Government and […]
The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said organised labour would not go on a warning strike before the main industrial action, if government failed to meet workers’ demand on the implementation of the […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has advised Nigerian workers to shun remarks by Timi Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC that labour leaders have compromised. The Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government would have to lay off workers to be able to meet a wage bill of N580 billion needed to […]
Organised Labour has given the Federal Government until October 16, 2019 to resolve all issues concerning the adjustment of salaries for the implementation of the minimum wage. Its leadership, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to inform workers in the country their position on the implementation of the N30,000 new minimum wage instead of the delay currently being witnessed. […]
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) and the Representatives of the Federal Government have again failed to reach an agreement over relativity and consequential adjustment for the implementation of the new minimum wage. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the recently approved monthly workers’ pay. Details loading…
The trade union side of Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has commenced mobilisation of workers across the country over the federal government’s ‘unwillingness’ to implement the N30,000 national minimum wage signed by President […]
The minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said that National Youth Service Corps members will now receive the new minimum wage as allowance. While speaking to the press on Thursday, the minister revealed the government’s […]
The Akwa Ibom state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Nsikan Nkan has expressed state government’s readiness to implement the new of N30,000.00, minimum wage saying it has already been captured in the 2019 budget. The Commissioner […]
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state Wednesday inaugurated a 20-man joint committee on the new national minimum wage. The governor while inaugurating the committee at the executive council chambers, Government House, Abakaliki said the state […]
The ceaseless verbal war on the New Minimum Wage between the outgoing and incoming administrations in Oyo state appears endless to the point that both sides seem to be on each other’s throat. AGBOOLA BAYO […]
It was cheery news for workers across the country as state governors Wednesday expressed readiness to pay the N30, 000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was the major highlight […]
President Muhammad Buhari has been commended for signing into law the National Minimum Wage Bill approving N30,000 for the least paid worker in the country. Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, stated […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill into law. The Senate had on March 19 passed the bill, approving N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The House of Representatives had earlier passed […]
After much agitation and threats to shut down the economy by the organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari finally transmitted a new national minimum wage Bill to the National Assembly. JOSHUA EGBODO in this piece tries […]
The House of Representatives last week amended the Minimum Wage Bill and passed a uniform minimum wage of N30, 000 rather than the N27, 000 recommended by the Council of State and forwarded to […]
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that the National Assembly must do the needful by approving the N30, 000 national minimum wage, which is the product of the tripartite committee. President of the Nigeria […]
The new national minimum wage has received a boost, as it scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday. The Bill which was introduced for first reading through a letter […]
Despite having 2019 budget still begging for attention after it was submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate has suspended its rules by evoking order 79 to give the new Minimum Wage (amendments) Bill an […]
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