Tag: minimum wage

Labour, NewsStream

Minimum Wage: Slash Security Votes Of Political Officers, Workers Urge FG

A Cross section of workers in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to reduce security votes and cost of governance of political office holders to accommodate the new minimum wage. The workers made the call in Enugu on Tuesday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reacting to inability of some state governments to pay the current N18, 000 minimum … Continue reading Minimum Wage: Slash Security Votes Of Political Officers, Workers Urge FG

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Labour, NewsStream, Politics

El-Rufai: New minimum wage: Why states should pay according to their income

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has said state governments should be allowed to implement the proposed new minimum wage based on their income. He made the remark while stating that the new minimum wage should not be under the Federal Government. El-Rufai spoke on Wednesday at the 2018 National Peer Learning Event organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, titled: “Mobilising Domestic Finance for … Continue reading El-Rufai: New minimum wage: Why states should pay according to their income

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Labour, NewsStream

Minimum wage: Mix reactions trail suspension of NLC strike

A cross-section of workers on Tuesday in Abuja, expressed mixed reactions on organised labour’s suspension of the Nov. 6, proposed strike to press for the implementation of a new national minimum wage. Members of National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, during May Day match past. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC), was … Continue reading Minimum wage: Mix reactions trail suspension of NLC strike

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Labour, NewsStream

MINIMUM WAGE: Labour leaders shun meeting with govt, insists on strike

The Federal Government failed in its move on Sunday to press Organised Labour to shield its planned nationwide indefinite strike slated to commence on Tuesday, November 6. Leaders of labour unions, who have vowed not to enter into any negotiation with the government on a minimum wage for workers, ignored a meeting called by the Federal Government in Abuja on Sunday. Meanwhile, some government officials … Continue reading MINIMUM WAGE: Labour leaders shun meeting with govt, insists on strike

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Labour, NewsStream

Breaking News: Labour Leaders Begin Nationwide Protest Over Minimum Wage

  The leaders of the organized labour in Nigeria, have began their nationwide protest as part of moves to make the government commit to the payment of a new minimum wage. As earlier reported by Newsstream, the labour is holding out for N30,000 to be adopted as the new minimum wage while the federal government is proposing N24,000 and the state governors want N20,000 On Monday, Vice … Continue reading Breaking News: Labour Leaders Begin Nationwide Protest Over Minimum Wage

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Labour, Presidency

Minimum Wage: Osinbajo’s Meeting With Governors, ministers Ends Inconclusively

The meeting held behind closed doors on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, has in attendance Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara State; Atiku Bagudu, Governor of Kebbi State; Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun State and Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State, also had ministers, the head of service of the federation and other top government functionaries in attendance. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor … Continue reading Minimum Wage: Osinbajo’s Meeting With Governors, ministers Ends Inconclusively

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