Special Adviser on Information & Strategy to President Bola Tinubu Bayo Onanuga has claimed that it would be difficult for the Nigerian government to peg the new proposed minimum wage at N100,000. Onanuga made this known on Monday in an interview with Arise Television monitored by Ekweanaedo. According to him, the country’s current financial strength…
The organised private sector in Ekiti, Sokoto, and other states has faulted the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress for N1m minimum wage. The reaction follows comments by NLC President, Joe Ajaero, that organised Labour might ask for N1m during the minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government if the value of the naira continued…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says most governors of the 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage are guilty of not complying with the proposed base pay structure. Vice President Kashim Shettima had inaugurated the committee in Abuja earlier on Tuesday, saying the decision was aimed at ensuring a decent living…
The Federal Government is set for the inauguration of the 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The committee is to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the country. Expected to perform the inauguration ceremony on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja, is the Vice President,…
Organised Labour says it will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and has warned the federal and state governments to prepare to increase the minimum wage from the current N30,000 monthly. It also warned state governors that they would have no…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia state has concluded plans to increase the salaries of the State workforce. Otti disclosed this in Umuahia on Friday night during a media parley with journalists, stating that he is engaging with stakeholders to improve the minimum wage of the state workers and that very soon the package would be…
The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview said the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. Mohammed said this on Thursday as an…
