Tag: minimum wage
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No timeline to begin implementation of minimum wage – Labour
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has said there is no timeline on when the Federal Government would begin the full implementation of minimum wage to workers on all levels. The General Secretary, JNPSNC Alade Lawal, said this in an interview in Abuja. Lawal said that he was hopeful that both the federal…
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Conclude discussion on new minimum wage, TUC urges FG
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently conclude discussion on the new minimum wage and commence implementation across board. The TUC Chairman, Lagos State Chapter, Mr Gbenga Ekundayo, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Ekundayo said that…
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FG to renegotiate full implementation of N30,000 minimum wage
The Federal Government is set to reconstitute a new committee to begin fresh negotiations for the full implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. “The President has put in place a new committee or…
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Minimum wage: Workers threaten strike as negotiation talk with FG suffers fresh setback
Workers, under the aegis of the Joint Public Sector Negotiating Council (JPSNC), are threatening to go on strike as a meeting of the Federal Government and the unions ended yesterday in a deadlock. The negotiations on the consequential adjustment, which was earlier adjourned till September 4 to allow the government’s team brief President Muhammadu Buhari,…
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Minimum wage: NYSC DG assures corps members of increase in allowance
The Director General (DG) of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Monday assured corps members that their monthly allowance of N19,800 would be reviewed upward. In a statement, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, said Ibrahim, who gave the assurance while interacting with corps members during a…
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FG minimum wage template will impoverish workers – Labour
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said that unrealistic demand from senior civil servants is delaying the implementation of the new Minimum Wage. But in a quick response, the Joint National Public Negotiation Council, which is representing workers in the negotiation, said government introduced a new strategy to…
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I have no problem with minimum wage implementation – Gov. Masari
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, says his administration has no problem with implementation of the new national minimum wage for workers. Masari gave the assurance on Friday, when he received the new leadership of the state chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). He said that the government would look into the guidelines when released…
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Labour unions tell workers to prepare for nationwide strike
The organised Labour has directed its members in all the 36 states and Abuja to get ready for a total showdown with government should the negotiation on the adjustment from the new national minimum wage break down. The Trade Union side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiation Council (JNPSNC) after her meeting also reviewed…
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Minimum wage: NLC denies issuing fresh strike notice to FG
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has said that the Congress has not issued any strike notice over the implementation of the new national minimum wage by the government. Wabba disclosed in Abuja that the implementation of the minimum wage and the consequential adjustment was going on smoothly, pointing out that…
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Minimum Wage: Shelve proposed nationwide strike in public interest, Lawan begs NLC
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC)to shelve its proposed industrial action over alleged delay in implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. Lawan made the appeal when the executives of the NLC and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, (PASAN) led by Mr Ayuba Waba…