Tag: Minimum Wage
We’re still struggling to pay N18,000 minimum wage – Governors
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has said its member are still struggling to pay the current minimum wage of N18,000.
NLC to governors: Be committed to review of minimum wage
Pursuing labour’s plan to deliver a meaningful minimum wage to workers, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called for commitment…
Governors not against review of minimum wage – Yari
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage.
Minimum Wage: Organised labour to take final decision Thursday
The Organised Labour says it will meet on Thursday to take final decision on the new National Minimum Wage for…
“N24,000 can never be the new Minimum Wage”
A labour leader, Mr Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday said that the organised labour would never sign any agreement with the…
Minimum wage: PENGASSAN tells FG, states to resolve issues
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the Federal, state governments and the organised…
No going back on N30,000 minimum wage – Labour
The Organised Labour has insisted that the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage has concluded its assignment for…
Minimum wage: Nigerian Govt proposes N24,000 for workers
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Wednesday said that the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage had…
Minimum wage: Labour urges Nigerian Govt to accelerate implementation
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government (FG) to accelerate the implementation of the new minimum wage…
Nigerian Govt to announce new minimum wage – Labour
The Federal Government is set to announce the new minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee completes its assignment for onward…
Minimum Wage: Health Workers join nationwide strike
The Leadership of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigerian (MHWUN ) has directed its members to join in…
Minimum wage: Labour Strike paralyses Lagos Government Secretariat
The strike embarked on by labour to demand for a new minimum wage has paralysed activities at the Lagos State…
Strike: Normal activities continue at Abuja airport
In spite of the total shutdown proposed by the organised labour unions in the ongoing nationwide strike, normal activities continued…
Minimum wage: Striking workers paralyse activities at federal secretariat
The 7-day warning strike ordered by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has paralysed activities at federal secretariat, Abuja, on Thursday,…
Governors who oppose new minimum wage will lose election – NLC chieftain
Mr Adamu Garba, Vice Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Gombe State, has warned that governors opposed to the…
Minimum wage: Meeting with labour didn’t end in deadlock – Ngige
The Federal Government says that the meeting with organised labour on the minimum wage did not end in a deadlock.
Minimum wage: Kaduna TUC members set for strike
The Kaduna State Chapter of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), says it has mobilised its members to join Thursday’s…
Minimum Wage: Labour begins warning strike Wednesday midnight
The Organised Labour says it will commence nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of the new National Minimum Wage, effective…
Minimum Wage: TUC insists on nationwide strike Thursday
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday insisted organised labour would commence strike from early hours of Thursday, Sept. 27,…
Minimum Wage: Labour set for nationwide strike
The organised labour began preparation for its nation-wide strike over Federal Government delay in the implementation of a new national…
Minimum Wage: Jigawa pledges to pay whatever committee agrees
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has pledged to pay the new minimum wage that is agreed upon by the tripartite…
Minimum Wage: We’ll conclude negotiation before expiration of labour ultimatum – FG
The Federal Government has assured the organised Labour that the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage would conclude its…
Bangladesh raises minimum wage for Garment Workers
The monthly minimum wage for entry-level Workers in Garment Factories in Bangladesh is being raised by 51 per cent, to…
Minimum Wage: Labour blackmailing govt with ultimatum — Ngige
The Federal Government has described Labour’s 14-day ultimatum as “a subtle blackmail” to stampede the Tripartite Committee on the new…
Minimum wage: Strike imminent as workers back NLC over 14-day ultimatum
The Nigerian workers on Thursday thrown their weight behind the 14-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to…
Minimum wage: NLC optimistic of payment before end of 2018
Mr. Peter Ozo-Esan, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured Nigerians workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum…
South Africa’s Parliament approves minimum wage bill
South Africa’s Upper House of Parliament, the National Council of Provinces (NCP), on Tuesday approved the controversial National Minimum Wage…
Governors meet to discuss FAAC deadlock, minimum wage
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss matter arising from the Federation Account Allocation…
Minimum wage: MTN workers urged to join Labour
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abia, Mr Uchenna Obigwe, said on Monday that workers of the Mobile…
Governors meet over new minimum wage
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other…