As workers especially in the public sector await the template for the implementation of the N70,000 new national minimum wage by the federal government, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has alerted its state councils to prepare for serious battle to…
Tinubu approves N70k minimum wage (DailyTrust)
President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers, promising to review the national minimum wage law every three years. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, announced this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Idris,…
Minimum Wage, President Tinubu and the cow family — Magnus Onyibe
I kindly request readers’ indulgence to share this captivating story, which I would like to use to demonstrate my support for President Bola Tinubu’s policy of eliminating fuel and naira subsidies—a measure that has been in place in our nation…
FG summons meeting with labour over strike, minimum wage
The federal government has called for a meeting of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC). The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 4. The previous meeting of the…
Tinubu approves temporary allowance for junior federal workers
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that there will be temporary increment in salary for federal government workers. Tinubu said this in his speech in commemoration of the 63rd independence anniversary of Nigeria on Sunday, October 1, 2023. According to…
Zulum approves N30k minimum wage for qualified teachers
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, says he has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to 5,439 teachers of the Local Education Authority (LEA) who passed competency tests. Zulum spoke on Wednesday when labour officials led by the…
Legislative aides disrupt N’ Assembly sitting over non-payment of outstanding wages
National Assembly legislative aides on Tuesday disrupted legislative activities at the parliament, protesting against the non-payment of their salaries, minimum wage and duty tour allowance, among others. The federal lawmakers, who were billed to resume plenary after a 19-day Easter…
Strike looms in Kano as government returns to old minimum wage
Industrial action looms in Kano State as the government has said it can’t pay workers’ wages for March 2021. Kano branch of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had, on Thursday, issued a seven-day ultimatum for the state government to settle workers’…
FG plans to buy locally assembled cars, says Osinbajo
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said the federal government proposed in the 2020 Finance Bill to exempt minimum wage earners. He said the move was to reduce the impact of inflation on Nigerians, adding that the initiative would exempt minimum wage…
Hope Uzodinma and repudiation of governors’ jumbo pension – Mikky Attah
In Nigeria, a country where governors resist paying workers the minimum wage but pass laws for their own jumbo pensions, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s recent action stands out. Many Nigerian politicians would not hesitate to kill an opponent if that would…