Tag: Labour
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Labour dialogues Ecobank over mass sack of contract staff
Members of the organized labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have entered into dialogue with Ecobank over the Bank’s non-renewal of the contract of its third party recruitment agencies. The dialogue, which commenced yesterday is expected to be completed today. A source at the meeting confirmed that officials of both bodies…
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Minimum wage: Trouble looms as labour threatens strike
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council and the eight unions in the public service across the country on Monday said its members would embark on industrial action over what they observed as Federal Government’s insistent effort to derail the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000. In statement signed by the Acting…
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Minimum wage: Makinde kicks as Ajimobi negotiates with labour today
The Oyo State government will today open discussions with labour leaders on the modalities for the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage, it was learnt yesterday. It is coming on the heels of Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s promise to workers that they would enjoy the new pay as soon as the Federal Government approves it. The…
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Minimum Wage: We won’t accept anything below N30,000, Labour tells governors
Organised labour Thursday warned that no state chapter of the labour movement would accept any renegotiation for downward review of the already signed minimum wage law of N30,000 from any state governor. The National President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the declaration in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while presiding…
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Labour to Buhari: Sign minimum wage bill immediately
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the new minimum wage bill. The NLC said since the National Assembly approved the new minimum wage of N30,000 and passed it to the President for his assent nothing had been heard about it. The union’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson…
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CNPP begs labour to accept newly approved minimum wage
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties ( CNPP ), Edo chapter, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ) to accept the N27, 000 new minimum wage endorsed by the National Council of State. The Chairman of CNPP, Mr Roy Oribhabor, made the appeal on Wednesday in Benin. He urged the NLC to…
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Minimum wage : FG, abour to reconvene Wednesday
The Federal Government says the meeting with the Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over non transmission of the New National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly will reconvene by 1p.m on Tuesday. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while speaking with newsmen at the end…
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Minimum wage: FG, Labour meeting inconclusive, to reconvene on Monday
Negotiation between the Federal Government and organized labour on the N30,000 minimum wage remained inconclusive at the end of another round of meeting last night in Abuja. Both sides are scheduled to reconvene on Monday to take a final decision on the grey areas. Labour Minister, Chris Ngige, told reporters at the end of a…
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Minimum wage: Labour begins consultation, mobilisation ahead of Tuesday’s strike
The organised labour on Friday said it has started mobilisation of members ahead of the January 8 strike over payment of the agreed N30,000 New Minimum Wage. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who visited some of the labour unions in Lagos gathered that workers had been informed on the strategic roles to play while…
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Strikes: You are distracting my administration, Buhari tells ASUU, Labour, others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called on Labour Unions to allow his administration concentrate on fixing infrastructure in the country rather than distracting it. He made the remark while playing host to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the State House, Abuja. Buhari, in a statement by the Special…