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Negotiation on new minimum wage, misplaced priority -Group tells FG, labour

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 10 June 2024 0

By Stephen Gbadamosi A group, The Democratic Movement (TDM), has called for the suspension of negotiation on new minimum for Nigerian workers, describing it as a misplaced priority. The group, in a statement issued on Sunday, said what Nigerians needed now was price control and not increment in

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Economic realities, sustainability, public interests to determine new minimum wage – FG

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 February 2024 0

By Ukpono Ukpong The federal government has said that outcome of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will be determined by the current economic realities, sustainability and public interests. The Secretary to the government of the Federation, George Akume, disclosed this yesterday while speaking at the 2nd National Labour Adjudication and Arbitration Forum, organized

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Minimum wage necessitated increase in VAT – Controller

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

The challenge in meeting up with the demand to pay the new minimum wage of N30,000, necessitated the increase in the new Value Added Tax (VAT), of 7.5 percent, says the Controller, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Plateau State, Mr. Mohammed Gidado. He said the increment couldn’t have come at a better time than this […]

Labour

Minimum wage review gets Reps‎’ nod, propose N30,000

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

…..labour rejects N30, 000 mininimum wage for workers The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour and Employment to commence the process of negotiating an upward review of the current minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. This followed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Peter […]