By Matthew Denis The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has harped on the contribution of stakeholders to the National Minimum Wage Public Hearing. Speaking at the South-West edition held in Lagos yesterday, Edun said,…
By Jeleel Olawale Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called for the review of the Federation Account Revenue sharing formula as well as the moving of solid minerals from exclusive to concurrent legislative list. The Governor made the advocacy…
…Unions peg minimum wage between N850,000 – N447,000 By Moses Adeniyi & our correspondents Public hearings to set a new minimum wage in the Country have witnessed divergent submissions from Labour unions in the geo-political zones of the Federation. Recently, the National…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ,FCT chapter, has proposed N709,000 as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The NLC FCT Chairman, Dr Stephen Knabayi, made the submission at the North Central Zonal Public Hearing organised by the Tripartite Committee on…
By Matthew Denis, Abuja The Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has organised six zonal public hearings across the country for the review of the National Minimum Wage. This was contained in a statement signed by the…
The year 2023 was a truly unpleasant moment as it was dominated by the removal of fuel subsidies, higher inflation that affected real disposable incomes and devaluation of the naira, hike in transportation among others. To be specific, the removal…
The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Committee to review the minimum wage today. In a statement issued by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the SGF revealed that the committee will…
The inauguration of a tripartite committee to look into the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers has been approved by President Bola Tinubu. This was contained in a letter from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said that the N35,000 wage award agreement with the Federal Government will continue until a new minimum wage is determined. Ajaero said this in an interview with newsmen on…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded that the minimum wage of workers be increased to N200,000. NLC members made the call while protesting the removal of the subsidy on fuel by President Bola Tinubu. The protesters converged at the…
