Tag: minimum wage
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Increment in minimum wage will stimulate economic growth – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday said the proposed increase in minimum wage for Nigerian workers would stimulate output growth in the economy. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, made this known in a communique published at the end of the 264th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
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Labour to demand two years arrears of new minimum wage
Labour on Wednesday said it would demand for two years arrears payment of the proposed new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers from the federal and state governments. The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba, said this when Rosa Pavanelli, general secretary, Public Service International (PSI), visited him in his office in…
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Again, Buhari meets governors over minimum wage
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with some state governors in his office at the State House in Abuja. Although the agenda of the meeting was not made known to journalists, however sources said the governors were at the villa to discuss the issue of minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The 36 state governors had…
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Oshiomhole reacts to governors’ refusal to pay N30,000 minimum wage
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday insisted that Nigeria can afford living wage for workers. He said non payment of salaries by governors creates a viscious circle leading to low production and eventual loss of jobs. Oshiomhole said as a governor, he told his colleagues that payment…
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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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BREAKING: Nigerian governors call for emergency meeting over minimum wage
Nigerian governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum have called for an emergency meeting where the issue of the minimum wage is expected to be discussed in Abuja tonight. It is expected that the meeting, which will be presided over by the Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, will take a definite…
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Atiku mocks Buhari, approves N33,000 minimum wage for his staff
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has approved for all of his staff in his corporation, N33,000 as minimum wage. The managing director of the Atiku owned, Gotel Communications, Mohammed El-Yakub, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. The Gotel Communications is based in Yola. “The N33,000 new salary scale, which…
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Minimum wage: Stop tongue lashing Buhari, he never endorsed N30,000 – Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday warned those critising President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly reneging on his promise of paying N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The presidency insisted that reports of endorsement of the N30,000 recommended by the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee were not correct. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
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Ekweremadu threatens to release video clip of ‘assassination attempt’
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday threatened to release video clips of how his house was invaded by alleged assassins on Tuesday. Ekweremadu said he may be forced to actualise his threat to release the video clip, if the Police fail to withdraw its claim that what happened in his house was a mere…