Tag: minimum wage
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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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Minimum wage: Labour threatens fresh nationwide strike
The trade union movement, yesterday, accused the Buhari government of littering the path to a new minimum wage with betrayal, resistance, half-truths and therefore vowed to ground the nation by November 6, if a minimum wage bill of N30,000 is not before the National Assembly for passage into law. “If nothing is responsibly done by…
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Minimum Wage: Organised Labour threatens nationwide strike Nov. 6
The Organised Labour says it will embark on nationwide strike on November 6, if the Federal Government fails to meet its demand on the new National Minimum Wage of N30,000 agreed upon. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) made this known in a statement signed with its counterparts, Mr Bobbio Kaigama, President, Trade…
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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…
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Minimum wage: We will not sign any agreement less than N30,000 – Labour
A labour leader, Mr Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday said that the organised labour would never sign any agreement with the Federal Government on new National Minimum Wage which is less than N30, 000. ”N24, 000 can never be the new Minimum Wage for workers. If the government pays it, then it is an award,” Ajaero,…
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JUST IN: FG denies approving N30,000 minimum wage, proposes N24,000
…as states propose N20,000 Sequel to the ongoing agitation for upward review of the national wage, the Federal Government on Wednesday said after consultations it proposed N24,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants. The Minister of Labour and employment, Chris Ngige, stated this Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the meeting of…
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Pyrrhic Victory of any rise in Minimum Wage, By Henry Boyo
President Mohammed Buhari, inaugurated a 30 member tripartite Committee on Monday 27th November 2017, to negotiate a new National minimum wage. The Committee comprises six serving State Governors and other members from both the public and private sectors, as well as leaders of organized labour. The President conceded, on that occasion, that the current (N18,000)…
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New minimum wage will take effect this year, NLC assures Nigerian workers
Peter Ozo-Esan, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has assured Nigerians workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum wage before the end of 2018. Mr Ozo-Esan gave this assurance in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite of the delay caused by the Sallah break, the tripartite committee…
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Minimum wage: New structure not feasible soonest – Ngige
Chris Ngige, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment has said the new minimum wage structure will not come into place any time soon. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Minister made this known while speaking with reporters in Anambra State. According to Ngige, State Governors are yet to submit their proposal on the new wage system and…