Tag: minimum wage
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Budget 2020: New minimum wage, personnel costs to gulp N4.88trn – Finance Minister
By Emman Ovuakporie The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed on Wednesday revealed plans by the Federal Government to expend N4.88 trillion for payment of the new national minimum wage and other personnel costs in the 2020 fiscal year. Ahmed who disclosed this during the National budget public hearing on the 2020 budget estimates at the…
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Minimum wage: FG, Labour finally reach agreement
Following three days of delicate negotiations from Government and the Organised Labour on the consequential adjustments of the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000, both parties have finally reached an agreement. The Concillators to the agreement are Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and his state counterpart, Dr Festus Keyamo. Witnesses…
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Minimum Wage: NLC suspends strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Delta on Thursday announced the suspension of the strike embarked on over the failure of the federal government to fully implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NLC in the state had on Tuesday embarked on strike to protest what it…
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Lagos will pay above N30,000 minimum wage – Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy visit in Ikeja.…
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New Minimum Wage: FG, labour resume negotiations to avert strike
The Federal Government and labour unions began talks on Monday to avert a nationwide strike by workers slated for Oct. 17. Labour has resorted to the strike option, after negotiation collapsed in finding a way out of the minimum wage logjam. The two parties have engaged in endless and often fruitless meetings, raising anxiety and…
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Minimum Wage: FG, labour in closed door meeting
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, commenced dialogue with labour unions again in Abuja on Wednesday as time runs out on a deadline issued by labour for the payment of a new wage approved for workers by the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting is the…
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Lagos workers demand N50,000 minimum wage as NLC warns of prolonged strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday urged the nation’s workers and the citizenry to brace up for a prolonged nationwide strike as the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage has expired. The warning came On Monday during this year’s World Decent Work Day celebration in Lagos.…
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Minimum wage: Workers should not listen to Timi Frank, Ngige – TUC
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has advised Nigerian workers to shun remarks by Timi Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC that labour leaders have compromised. The Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the Union, Mr. Chukwuma Igbokwe, told newsmen in Enugu on Friday that if government listened to Frank, it might spell doom…
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Ekiti Gov, @KFayemi Insepects Ureje Bridge Collapse Site – Photo
Remember we reported about the collapsed bridge in Ekiti? Well, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday personally inspected the Ureje Bridge collapse site on Ado-Ijan Road. On the Governor’s entourage were the commissioners for Works, Mr Sola Adebayo, Commissioner for Environment, Mr Gbenga Agbeyo and the Special Adviser on Roads Infrastructure Mr Sunday…
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FG may sack workers to meet new minimum wage demand – Ngige
…says N580bn needed to pay salaries annually Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Thursday, said that the demand of labour over the implementation of the new minimum wage would cost the Federal Government N580 billion annually. Ngige said that such adjustment, in line with labour’s demand, was not sustainable as the government…