Local government workers in Zamfara state are according to report receive ₦6,000 per month (less than $20), as minimum wage, making them the worst paid in Nigeria. Ibrahim Khaleel, National President Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) made the sensational revelation in Abuja, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the union. Khaleel said Governor […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and governors rose from a closed-door meeting over the controversial new national minimum wage without information on the settlement of the stalemate. The meeting which was held at the presidential villa had representatives of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) in attendance. The governors after the meeting, however, refused to disclose the outcome […]
Read More The Presidency has frowned at the misinterpretation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks when he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage from the committee’s chairman, Ama Pepple, on Tuesday. A presidential source, who preferred not to be named, said the president did not endorse ₦30,000 as proposed by […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage that recommended ₦30,000 and expressed his commitment to having new National Minimum Wage Act. President Buhari also said that having seen the argument of the government team on insisting on N24,000 and that of the organized […]
Read More There was relief yesterday as a midnight agreement between labour and the federal government on the dispute over minimum wage for workers averted a nationwide strike that was scheduled to commence today. The agreement, which would see the nation’s workers receive a minimum pay cheque of N30,000, was reached among labour, Organised Private Sector (OPS) […]
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Nigeria’s organized labour yesterday suspended its planned industrial action earlier slated for today, (Tuesday) just as a new national minimum wage was pegged at ₦30,000 by the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government. Correspondent learned that the labour unions had extracted a firm commitment from the government to pay the ₦30, 000 it […]
Read More After prolonged argument, it was gathered that the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government agreed on ₦30,000 new minimum wage. At the end of the first meeting of the tripartite committee set up to arrive at an agreeable minimum wage template, Chairperson of the committee and former Head of the Civil Service of […]
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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Friday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the threat by the organized labour to embark on industrial action from Nov. 6, over delay in the implementation of new national minimum wage. Ngige, who spoke to State House correspondents after the closed door […]
Read More ABUJA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Nigerian trade unions may resume a nationwide strike if the government fails to publicly agree to a proposed increase in the minimum wage and to set about putting it into law, three union federations said on Sunday. Unions suspended a national strike on its fourth day last month, saying the […]
Read More The Federal Government has urged Organised Labour to accept the new minimum wage proposal, considering the capacity and ability of the government and the private sector to pay. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made the call when he received the new Director-General of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Mr Timothy Olawale, on […]
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The United Labour Congress has urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the outcome of the National Minimum Wage Negotiating Committee as it submits its report next week by preparing and forwarding the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly. It also called for a quick passage of the outcome of the […]
Read More The Nigeria Governors’ on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other matters of interests for the development of the country in Forum. While the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing a minimum wage of N65,000 for workers, the governors have been insisting on the staggering of the implementation […]
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