Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has approved the constitution of a tripartite committee to work out the consequential adjustment component for other categories of workers on the new minimum wage. This was as a result of the new national minimum wage being pegged at N70,000, triggering a need for consequential adjustments for senior cadres…
The Governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo has called for elected officials to start earning minimum wage, highlighting the urgent financial crisis facing Nigeria. Speaking on Wednesday at a special edition of The Platform, an event organised by The Covenant Nation to promote national development, Soludo emphasised that Nigeria is financially strained. He proposed that…
The new minimum wage discussion between the Federal Government and Organised Labour are expected to end on Monday (today) as the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress leaders await President Bola Tinubu’s decision on their N250,000 offer. The labour leaders had given a Monday deadline for the conclusion of talks on the new…
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani has described as shocking the governors’ opposition to a minimum wage of N60, 000 for civil servants. During the ongoing negotiations by the tripartite committee, the Federal Government had at one point made an offer of N60, 000 as new minimum wage. The offer was, however, swiftly rejected by…
Activist Deji Adeyanju has applauded the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, for employing a “good strategy” in their push for a new minimum wage. Recall that organised labour embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday to protest the low wages for workers in the country. In response to the current high…
The workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria, who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and banks were closed in compliance with the…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has condemned the N48,000 proposed by the Federal Government as the new minimum wage, saying that it does not make any sense. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, on Wednesday blasted the proposal and berated the government for not being serious in the negotiation with the workers. According…
