[T]he Federal Government has said it has no agreement with organised labour for a review of the National Minimum Wage every five years. The Executive Chairman, National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, Dr. Richard Egbule, said the issue of the five-year period for the review of the national minimum wage was part of recommendations made by […]
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Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the increment of the minimum wage in the state as a Greek gift and something that was coming late. It said Governor Adams Oshiomhole took politics too far when it announced a minimum wage increase for government workers from N18, 000 to N25, 000. […]
Read More The Edo State Government has increased the minimum wage of civil servants in the state from N18,000 to N25, 000, with immediate effect. The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, announced the new wage on Sunday, during the 2016 May Day celebration held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. “When the going gets tough, that is […]
Read More The Federal Government on Sunday kept mute over the recent demand by the organised labour for a new minimum wage of N56,000. According to Punchng, The issue of the minimum wage was not mentioned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, at the May Day rally in Abuja. […]
Read More AHEAD of today’s Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led by Joe Ajaero, yesterday, rejected the N56,000 national minimum wage proposal reportedly sent to the Federal Government by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, saying it was not in tune with […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have jointly proposed N56,000 as the new minimum wage to the Federal Government as against the present N18,000. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Wabba said both the NLC and the TUC made […]
Read More The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) accused yesterday state governors of mis-informing Nigerians on their capacity to pay the N18, 000 minimum wage and asked those of them who know they cannot pay resign immediately. National President of the Congress, Mr Ayuba Wabba told newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara state that contrary to the position of some […]
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