The dispute over workers’ quest for an upward review of the minimum wage in the country became protracted yesterday as the nation’s 36 governors emerged from their meeting in Abuja and said they had agreed to N22,500 as the lowest…
Governors to take position on minimum wage today (Leadership)
State governors will today meet to take a final position on the new minimum wage demanded by organized labour in the country. The federal government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had yesterday met with…
FG to announce new minimum wage this week (Leadership)
The federal government will this week announce the figure of the new minimum wage for workers in the country. President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, who disclosed this yesterday, said this followed the completion of negotiations by the…
Strike: Labour cripples govt., banks, schools’ operations in Lagos (Sun)
Government offices, banks and public schools were on Thursday closed in Lagos as the organised labour began its strike over delay by Federal Government in concluding negotiation on a new minimum wage. The enforcement teams of the organised labour set…
Nationwide strike to start Thursday over minimum wage, TUC insists
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday insisted the organised labour would commence strike from the early hours of Thursday, following the federal government’s failure to honour its ultimatum on the new minimum wage. A statement signed by Musa-Lawal Ozigi,…
I will pay 100k minimum wage if elected president, says Sowore
Omoyele Sowore, who is vying for Nigeria’s presidency on the platform of African Action Congress (AAC) has said that if elected in the 2019 general elections, he would, among other things, implement the policy of paying N100,000 minimum wage for…
FG targets September for new minimum wage takeoff (Guardian)
The Federal Government will expedite action to ensure that a new minimum wage is ready by the second quarter of the year, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised. At the 2018 May Day celebration in Abuja, yesterday, he also assured…
