The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday vowed to continue with the push for N250,000 minimum wage in the country. The Acting President of NLC, Mr....
Organized labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliate bodies may ground economic activities in the country again after rejecting...
The Federal Government has raised its minimum wage proposal to N62,000. The decision to raise the offer was taken at a meeting between federal government representatives...
Governors of the 36 states have rejected the proposed N60,000 new minimum wage for workers in the country. The federal government had last week rejected the...
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edu, on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu on the new minimum wage for workers in the country. Edun, who addressed...
On Monday, June 3rd, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on a nationwide strike to protest the increment of the...
Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recommended a new minimum wage of between N75,000 and N100,000. This is...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to present a template for the new minimum wage...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has emphasized that the Federal Government lacks the power to impose a minimum wage on states, local governments,...
The Nigerian government and the labour unions have reached an agreement after their meeting on Monday night. The national tripartite committee on minimum wage will continue...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has provided clarification on the decision to shut down the national grid, dismissing claims by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)...
Labour leaders, on Monday evening, arrived the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for a closed-door meeting with government representatives, a...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Saturday, rejected the organised labour’s demand for a national minimum wage of N494,000 as economically unsustainable....
Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to President Bola Tinubu has described the demand of N494,000 as minimum wage by the organised labour unions as an “unreasonable...
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has urged organized labor to return to negotiations over the minimum wage. This follows the...
The organised labour has declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday over the inability of the tripartite committee to reach an agreement on a new minimum...
With three days to the expiration of the May 31, 2024 deadline issued by organised labour to the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Thursday, lamented that Nigeria was just the ‘Giant of Africa’ without reasonable salaries for its workers, The union also...
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, resolved to meet with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress, in a bid to avert the planned strike over minimum...
The organised labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday, ordered state chapters to issue two weeks ultimatum to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government. The...
The Federal Government has summoned a meeting of a 37-member Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage (NNMW) for today in a major effort to...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that the Federal Government may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the proposed minimum wage increase for...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero, has stressed that the Federal Government’s announced pay rise for civil servants is mischievous, noting that...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has explained why he increased minimum wage of workers in the state from N40,000 to N70, 000. Obaseki gave the explanation...
The non-conclusion of negotiations for a new national minimum wage has drawn the ire of the Trade Union Congress Nigeria (TUC), urging the Federal Government to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, demanded N794,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the South-West region. The South-West NLC chapter, through the...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says with the rising inflation and high cost of living in the country, organised labour may end...
The senator representing Edo North Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, has predicted that there would be no peace for government at any level,...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the disclosure, on Thursday, when he spoke at a dialogue themed: ‘Tinubu’s Economic Reforms: Gainers and...
The National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, on Thursday, revealed that the negotiation for a new minimum wage between the federal...
President Bola Tinubu has promised that the planned minimum wage for Nigerian workers by his administration will be implemented fairly and equitably to ameliorate the rise...
The Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to the public and private sector players to pay workers the new N35,000 minimum wage...
Expectations of Nigerian workers for a new minimum wage announcement by President Bola Tinubu on October 1 have been shattered as the Ministry of Labour and...
President Bola Tinubu said on Monday the Federal Government and organized labour are working on a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Tinubu, who stated this...
The minimum wage of civil servants in Imo State have been increased to N40,000 by the state governor, Hope Uzodimma. Uzodimma announced the increase on Saturday...
In order to reflect the nation’s present economic conditions, President Bola Tinubu has pledged to reevaluate the minimum wage of workers. He contended that in addition...
Nigerian government on Tuesday said it was in the process of kick-starting a review of the current minimum wage of N30,000. The Minister of Labour and...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has concluded plans to file trade dispute suits with the Registrar of Trade Unions against state governments that have refused...
Civil servants in Zamfara State will start receiving the N30,000 minimum wage stipulated by the Federal Government after the state government approved its implementation to begin...
The National Assembly workers under the umbrella of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Thursday threatened to shut down all activities in the parliament...
Despite working in the biggest economy in Africa, Nigerian workers minimum wage is one of the lowest in Africa. Data from Statista show Nigeria’s economy was...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national minimum wage for the state workforce with partial consequential...
Nigeria has been ranked the second poorest country in the world in terms of food affordability by a UK-based think tank group, the Institute of Development...
Nearly two years after the new N30,000 minimum wage was signed into law in Nigeria, ten states have failed to implement it. This was revealed by...
Ekiti State government has announced the suspension of minimum wage payment and a cut in the salaries of workers and political appointees. According to a statement...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has recommended the retention of the national minimum wage on the exclusive legislative list. Alhaji Kabiru Minjibir, the Kano State Chairman...
Kano State Executive Council (SEC), on Thursday, approved the implementation of a new wage for academic and non-academic staff of its universities. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has issued a scathing critique of Governors who are yet to implement the new national minimum wage....
The Federal Government has told workers that the transfer of the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive list to Concurrent list would not work. The Minister...
