…As FG labels move ‘premature, illegal,’ urges reconsideration …Avoid strike, embrace dialogue — NAPPS tells NLC, FG By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have reaffirmed their commitment to embark on an indefinite strike action…
The Nigerian Government has said the N494,000 new minimum wage proposed by the organized labour is capable of crippling Nigeria’s economy. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja while reacting…
The Director-General of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria, Ajayi Kadri, has confirmed that the organised private sector accepted the Federal Government’s proposal for a new minimum wage of N60,000. Ajayi disclosed this during an interview on TV station in Abuja…
Talks to reach a compromise on a new minimum wage for workers in the public service have been deadlocked as organised Labour, again walked out of the meeting. Sources attending the meeting said the government failed to propose an amount…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has appealed to organised labour to be considerate and patriotic in their demands in the ongoing negotiation for a new national minimum wage. Onyejeocha made the appeal in a statement…
The Federal Government has added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja. Organised labour, comprising…
Edo state workers have begun to enjoy an upscale salary scheme of N70,000 new minimum wage unlike their counterparts in Abia State who furthered their lamentation on Sunday. Chris Nehikhare, the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, in a…
The Minimum Wage Act of 2019 signed by former President Muhammadu Buhari set the amount at N30,000. Five years later, not all governors are paying the current wage award which expired in April. The Act is to be reviewed every…
The meeting between the Tripartite National Minimum Wage meeting and the Organised hit a brick wall again as both parties failed to reach an agreement on the new wage. Recall that last Wednesday, the NLC National President, Joe Ajaero rejected…
The ongoing negotiations on new minimum wage has been adjourned till Wednesday after the organised labour rejected the new N54,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, a highly reliable source who attended the meeting told our correspondent on Wednesday.…
