The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the umbrella body of workers in the country, starts its delegates conference in Abuja today. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and his executive council members are expected to be returned unopposed on the occasion. TONY AKOWE reports that old challenges await the leadership to confront. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will hold […]
Read More AS the House of Representatives begins public hearing on the bill for a new minimum wage, National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has mobilised its members to attend the public hearing at the National Assembly complex. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the Nigeria […]
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Members of the organised labour have vowed to moblise workers to the National Assembly to attend the Public Hearing on the new minimum wage bill scheduled to hold on Monday. Addressing journalists after a meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the President, Ayuba Wabba said that labour will be […]
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The National Council of State has approved ₦27,000 as the minimum wage for the country. The council approved the amount at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Following the Council’s approval, a minimum wage bill is expected to be sent to the National Assembly on Wednesday. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr […]
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Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari planned release of a new salary package for civil servants, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has promised tough times for governors who may not pay the new salary structure. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the […]
Read More The Federal Government says the National Minimum Wage Bill will be transmitted to the National Assembly on or before Jan. 23, 2019. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this while […]
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Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Monday said that its 36 state councils, affiliate unions and friendly groups like Civil Society Organisations, CSOs have mobilised for the commencement of nationwide mass protest over the inability of the Federal Government to transmit the ₦30,000 Minimum Wage bill to the National Assembly. NLC has also debunked newspaper report (not […]
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The Federal Government, Wednesday, explained that the reason for the scheduled parley with executives of the organized labour was to avert the threat of industrial action over the new minimum wage of ₦30,000 But labour has also told the government that it has passed the stage of attending meetings with the government, contending that what […]
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Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set Jan. 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike. NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the strike would be inevitable if nothing happened […]
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Barring any last minute change, the nation’s economy may witness total shutdown, following the inability of the Federal Government to meet up with the December 31, 2018, deadline by organised labour for the commencement of the implementation process of the N30,000 new minimum wage. Organised labour had through Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union […]
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Former Bauchi State Accountant General, Alhaji Garba Ali-Maigumau, said the ₦30,000 minimum wage being demanded by labour unions would not be feasible in the next 10 years, that is 2028. Ali-Maigumau stated this on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi. “I am telling you this as an insider; People are clamouring for this […]
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Governors are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari again to find a way out of the controversy surrounding a new minimum wage, just as Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) calls for the implementation in January. The governors on the platform of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) are meeting with Buhari on Friday. But the NGF Head, […]
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