Pay Minimum Wage Or Vacate Office – Labour Tells Governors
The organised labour has urged state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos. According to Ugboaja, any governor who refuses to pay the minimum […]
Following three days of negotiations by Government and the Organised Labour on the consequential adjustments of the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000, both parties have finally reached an agreement. The Concillators to the agreement are Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and his state counterpart, Dr Festus Keyamo. Witnesses to […]
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The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), and representatives of the Federal Government will reconvene on Sept. 4 to continue negotiations on the new national minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the negotiators adjourned to the new date to allow President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the disagreement of […]
Continue reading …Nigeria Labour Congress Hails Kogi Govt. Over Utilisation of N30.8 bn Bailout, But …
18/08/2019 No Comment
National Vice President, Medical and Health Workers Union, (MHWUN) Comrade Onu Edoka on Friday urged Kogi Government to fulfil all agreements it entered with labour prior to the release of N30.8 billion bailout fund. Edoka who is also Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kogi chapter, made the call at the 14th Edition of Northcentral Zonal […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Geneva, Switzerland, where he is leading the South African delegation at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Centenary Conference. The conference, which began on Monday, is the 108th ILO session and is being convened under the theme ‘Building a Better Future with Decent Work’, the Presidency said on Sunday. The […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Federal Government for agreeing to pay N30,000 minimum wage negotiated with labour leaders in the country. Abubakar made the commendation in a statement his Presidential Campaign Organisation on Tuesday in Abuja. He described Nigerian workers as the “goose that lays the golden egg” and was […]
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The Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage on Tuesday recommended an increase in the existing minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. Chairman of the Committee, Amal Pepple, made this known in her remarks when the committee presented its report on the Review of National Minimum Wage to President Muhammadu Buhari at […]
Continue reading …Nigerian Workers Suspend Strike Action On Minimum Wage, Reach Deal With Government
06/11/2018 No Comment
Labour leaders in Nigeria, who have called off a planned nationwide strike, have agreed a new national minimum wage at the end of negotiations with a Tripartite Committee, set up by the Federal government. The agreed figure will be kept under wraps until 4.15 pm on Tuesday, when it will be revealed in a […]
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