Tag: Governors
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2019: Vote out governors that refuse to pay N30,000 minimum wage, NLC tells workers
The organised labour on Thursday directed workers to vote out governors who do not implement payment of the N30,000:00 new minimum wage in their respective states. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) specifically condemned threats by the govermors to sack workers should the new wage come into effect. To NLC President Ayuba Wabba, the threat is…
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BREAKING: We can’t pay N30k minimum wage, it will lead to bankruptcy -Nigerian governors
*Expect retrenchment, governors warn labour Nigerian governors have said they cannot afford to pay workers a minimum wage of N30,000 unless the organised labour wants its members to be sacked. The governors at their emergency meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night, asked the Federal Government to also accede to the review of the national revenue…
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Strike: ASUU accuses govs of politicising activities at state varsities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, has accused state governors of politicising academic activities in public universities. The zone lamented that state universities had suffered political interferences which, it said, had affected the schools. The Zonal Chairman, Prof Fred Esumeh, in a statement on Thursday, also decried the alleged poor funding of…
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Minimum wage: NLC dares Buhari, governors, insists on November 6 nationwide strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged its members to continue to mobilize in preparation for the commencement of an indefinite strike on the 6th of November if recommendations of the Tripartite Committee are not adopted. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba gave the charge at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. Comrade Wabba reiterated…
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JUST IN: NLC rejects governors’ N22,500 minimum wage, insists on N66,500
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday rejected N22,500 adopted by governors as the minimum wage their states can pay. Recall that the 36 governors met on Tuesday and adopted N22,500 as the new minimum wage. This is despite the NLC and other labour unions insisting they had agreed with the government to accept N30,000…
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New Minimum wage: Governors bow to pressure, agree to pay N22,500
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500 from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its 2nd emergency meeting held in Abuja. Yari said that the decision was arrived…
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JUST IN: Governors summon emergency meeting over minimum wage
Governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have called an emergency meeting where decisions on minimum wage will be discussed. The meeting, which will hold in Abuja on Tuesday, is said to be compulsory for all the 36 governors. A statement issued by the NGF secretariat in Abuja on Monday said that all…
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Minimum wage: Economic management team, governors meet on Monday
Members of the Economic Management Team will on Monday meet state governors on the issue of new National Minimum Wage. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting will hold ahead of the November 6 commencement date…
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Governors set to declare state of emergency in education sector
Towards reviving the educational sector across the country, the National Economic Council (NEC) is putting finishing touches to declare state of emergency in education in all the states of the federation. The NEC, which comprises of the 36 state governors, will take a final decision on the proposed state of emergency in its next meeting.…
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Why we can not pay new minimum wage – Governors
The chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, has revealed that governors are not against the review of minimum wage but lack the capacity to pay for it. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) are demanding N30,000 as minimum wage but the governors proposed N20,000 while the federal government said…