Tag: Salaries
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Osun gov, Oyetola speaks on prioritising workers’ welfare, prompt payment of salaries
The new governor of Osun State, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has pledged to run a people friendly administration. He made the promise in his inaugural address on Tuesday in Osogbo after he was sworn-in. According to Oyetola, the welfare of workers in the state will be of utmost concern to his government, as he pledged to…
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NNPC private security guards, cleaners protest non-payment of salaries
Private security guards and cleaners deployed to the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) Depot in Maiduguri on Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration to protest non-payment of 7-months salary arrears. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting workers blocked the depot’s gate to prevent staff, petrol tankers and visitors from gaining entrance. The…
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Minimum wage: Employees cannot dictate salaries to their employers – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has insisted that employees cannot dictate to their employers what they ought to earn but an agreement must be reached collectively. A statement by the Director (Press) at the Ministry, Samuel Olowookere, said the minister said this when the new Director-General of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association,…
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WTD: Buhari blasts governors for diverting funds meant to pay teachers' salaries
…promises to clear and end issues of unpaid salaries President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigeria’s Teachers that his heart is with them over the issue of unpaid salaries, assuring that unpaid salaries would soon become an issue of the past. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement…
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Panic as polytechnic lecturer slumps, dies over non-payment of salaries
The Kogi State Polytechnic community was thrown into mourning on Monday after one of its lecturers, Mr Yakubu Nataala, slumped and died at his residence in Lokoja, Kogi State. It was gathered that the residents of the area speculated that the late Nataala might have died due to his frustration over the non-payment of his…
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Why we can’t pay players’ salaries, allowances – Ifeanyi Ubah FC
FC IfeanyiUbah president,Ifeanyi Ubah, has admitted that the Nnewi Premier League club are owing their players. Ubah said this during an interactive session with some youths in Awka on Tuesday. He said indebtedness to players was common with most clubs in the country because of the inability of the League Management Company to pay the…
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Minimum wage: We are not elected to pay salaries alone – governors
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, has reacted to the call for the implementation of minimum wage. NGF said they were not voted into power to pay salaries alone. The chairman of the NGF and Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said they were voted to also provide good roads, electricity, education and other necessary amenities. The…
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Pay workers’ salaries before attempting to establish state police – TI tells debtor governors
The Transparency International (TI) has advised states owing its workforce to clear the backlog befire attempting establishment of the proposed state police. The Head of TI Nigeria, Musa Rafsanjani, who stated this on Sunday, said as good as the objectives of state police were, state governments must first be able to pay workers’ salaries, provide…
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Exposed! Nigerian senators get N13.5m every month, apart from salaries
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district, has revealed he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. In an interview with TheNews, Mr. Sani said that the running cost does not include a N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances which they also receive. Sani said the running cost was in addition…
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Resign if you can’t pay salaries, TUC slams debtor governors
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Saturday advised state governors who could not address workers’ problems to resign. The TUC President, Mr Bobboi Kaigama, said in Lagos that workers could no longer vouch for state governments that non-payment of salaries was as a result of lack of funds. He said that the non-payment…