minimum wage

Governors of the 36 states of the Federation under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, say, the N60,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government is not sustainable and cannot fly. This is contained in a statement issued by…
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The Presidency has described as false the news making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed N105,000 in the new minimum wage template. Special Adviser to the President…
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NLC, Nigeria Labour Congress and its Trade Union Congress, TUC, counterpart have directed Nigerian workers across the country to stay at home for a national strike as from Monday, June 3rd, 2024. The decision followed the inability of…
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The International Monetary Fund, IMF has given indications that the Federal Government of Nigeria may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the proposed minimum wage increase for workers. The IMF gave this recommendation in…
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Although the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum pay has not yet concluded its talks, the Federal Government says workers will not suffer any losses because the new minimum pay will go into effect as from May 1, 2024. During the May…
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has approved N70,000 naira as new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Governor Obaseki revealed this on Monday during the inauguration of a new Labour House in the state The governor said…
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Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. An impeccable source, who is an executive of organised…
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Festus Osifo, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, president says the current minimum wage of N30,000 can no longer cater for the wellbeing of an average Nigerian worker, lamenting that not all governors are paying the current wage award which…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone. The labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the…
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House of Representatives members have proposed at least N100,000 minimum wage for workers. This is even as the House has set up an ad-hoc committee to look into modalities for the payment of a decent living wage to workers. This…
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