…keeps mum on commencement of New Minimum Wage in wife’s ‘Home Going’ broadcast Read speech below for details THE HOME GOING Of THE LATE FIRST LADY OF AKWA IBOM STATE, PASTOR (MRS.) PATIENCE UMO ENO: A NOTE OF APPRECIATION (BEING A BROADCAST SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PASTOR UMO ENO PhD,Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared industrial action in Oyo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara states, effective Monday, December 2, 2024, following the failure of these states to implement the new national minimum wage.Continue Reading
…increases retirees’ Pension, approves N7bn for gratuity arrears Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the sum of N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state’s civil service with effect from November 1, 2024. Governor Diri also approved an increase in the monthly pension ofContinue Reading
…demands immediate release By Ime Silas Barr Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer and activist has asked President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria to address what he termed government’s failures and ravaging hunger in the country, rather than using arbitrary force against conscientious voices. The fierce legal luminary who wasContinue Reading
…as Local Government Chairmen reject N62k What each of the 36 are offering to pay as minimum wage: 1. Abia – 40k 2. Adamawa – 45k 3. Akwa Ibom – 65k 4. Anambra – 50k 5. Bauchi – 40k 6. Bayelsa – 65k 7. Benue – 48k 8. Borno –Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has never contemplated N100,000 as the minimum wage for workers in the country let alone the ₦62,000 offered by the government. In a chat with Channels TV on Monday, June 10, the Assistant General Secretary of NLC, Cheis Onyeka, said the Labour unionsContinue Reading
The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. The Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage met today and adjourned its meeting as there was no consensus reached. The organized private sectorContinue Reading
By our correspondent Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen George Akume has said that the ₦100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) reported to be the likely new National minimum Wage for workers in Nigeria will be too much for him, saying that he won’t be able to payContinue Reading
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the decision of organised labour to shut down the national grid was more of an act of economic sabotage than agitation for a new minimum wage. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday, June 4, on the floor of the senate after a motion sponsored by DiketContinue Reading
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has put forward a proposal for a new minimum wage of 90,000 naira for workers in Nigeria. This suggestion aims to address the ongoing dispute over the minimum wage between the Federal government and organized Labor. During Tuesday’s Senate plenary, the discussion centered around the nationwideContinue Reading
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