Tag: Minimum Wage
N27,000 as New Minimum Wage unacceptable – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of States…
National Council of State approves N27,000 as new Minimum Wage
The National Council of State on Tuesday approved N27,000 as the minimum wage for the country at its meeting in…
National Council of State to get Minimum Wage proposal Jan. 22 – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says the proposed new National Minimum Wage will be presented to…
A/Ibom gov promises to pay N30,000 new minimum wage
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday promised to pay N30,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state.
Minimum wage: NLC distances self from Federal Govt’s Advisory Committee
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has distanced itself from the Federal Government’s Advisory Committee saying it has no relevance to…
I’m ready to pay N30,000 as new minimum wage – Adamwa Governor
Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa, on Wednesday promised to pay N30, 000 minimum wage to workers if the National Minimum…
New minimum wage to determine workers’ electoral preference — Abia NLC
The Abia chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Tuesday that Nigerian workers would not vote for candidates…
NLC President calls for immediate removal of Labour Minister
The National President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to present the report…
Delta govt. reassures workers on approved minimum wage
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday reassured state workers of his administration’s commitment to pay the Federal Government’s approved…
Minimum wage: NLC begins indefinite strike Jan. 8
Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the…
Minimum wage: Discard Dec. 31 ultimatum, FG tells Labour
The Federal Government has enjoined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to discard the Dec. 31 ultimatum issued over lingering disagreement…
Labour gives FG Dec. 31 ultimatum to submit minimum wage report to NASS
The organised labour on Thursday said that the Federal Government has before or on Dec. 31 to send the tripartite…
2019 Budget: Economist reacts to Buhari`s proposal on New Minimum wage
A Political Economist, Mr Ismaila Suleiman, has said that the decision of President Muhammadu Buahri to set up a technical…
Minimum wage: Buhari meets 36 state governors, says economy in bad shape
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with 36 state governors on the lingering disagreement between them and…
Minimum wage will determine workers’ voting pattern in 2019 elections – NLC
The National Minimum Wage will determine the voting pattern by Nigerian workers in the 2019 general elections, the Nigeria Labour…
South Africa shows Nigeria the way, increases minimum wage to N126,480
Nigerian Government might have received the right and needed motivation to increase the national minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000…
N30,000 Minimum wage: Buhari, governors’ meeting deadlock
The meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, NGF, to resolve the raging dispute over the proposed…
Buhari meets governors over proposed N30,000 minimum wage
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with representatives of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the disagreement…
N30,000 minimum wage: Fayemi canvasses upward review of federal allocation to states
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday said that the Federal Government needed to address the current revenue allocation…
Sen. Sani lambasts governors over minimum wage disagreement
Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly is certainly on the side of Nigeria Labour Congress as…
Minimum Wage: Governors insist they can’t pay N30,000
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum says it will re-strategize and dialogue with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issues associated with the…
Governors hold emergency meeting tonight in Abuja over Minimum Wage
The 36 state governors in Nigeria are going to hold an emergency meeting tonight in Abuja to deliberate on the…
Minimum wage: Donald Duke calls for sustainable resolution of crisis
Mr Donald Duke, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has called on the Federal Government to find…
Minimum wage: Umahi reiterates call for review of revenue sharing formula
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi has reiterated call for review of the revenue sharing formula to enable states adequately takes…
Minimum wage: Atiku to pay his workers N33,000
Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has directed the implementation of…
Minimum Wage: FG clarifies President Buhari’s position on Ama Pepple’s Report
The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari will study the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National…
Minimum Wage: Govt Clarifies Buhari’s Position On Ama Pepple’s Report
The Nigerian Government says President Muhammadu Buhari will study the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National…
Minimum wage: Labour expects National Assembly to fast-track action
Mr Joe Ajaero, President, United Labour Congress ( ULC) says the organised labour expects the National Assembly to fast-track action…
Minimum Wage: Atiku commends Nigerian Govt agreement to pay N30,000
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Federal Government for agreeing to pay N30,000…
Minimum wage: Buhari has not endorsed N30,000, says Presidency
The Presidency has frowned at the misinterpretation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks when he received the report of the Tripartite…