Abuja – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government would have to lay off workers to be able to meet a wage bill of N580 billion needed to meet labour’s demand on the new wage. Ngige told labour leaders in Abuja that the sum was what […]
Abuja – Organised labour on Wednesday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from Oct. 16, if the Federal Government fails to reconvene the meeting of the committee negotiating the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at a meeting with the Joint National […]
Motolani Oseni The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the nation’s inflation rate slowed to 11.02 per cent (year-on-year) in August 2019, a 0.06 per cent points lower than 11.08 per cent it recorded in July 2019. The latest NBS data, also, revealed that the inflation rate for August represents the lowest this year. The […]
Negotiation between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council on the new minimum wage has again been rescheduled for September 16. The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that the last negotiation between the government and the JNPSNC was to hold on September 4, but it was suspended. JNPSN Secretary General, Mr. […]
The Kaduna State government has announced it readiness to commence the implementation of the N30,000 new national minimum wage from September 1, 2019. Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Muyiwa Adekeye who signed the implementation said the decision was unanimously taken at the state executive council meeting on Monday. In a statement […]
Motolani Oseni Analysts at Financial Derivates Company Limited (FDC) has said that continuous slowdown in Nigeria’s inflation means that some of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policies to contain inflation can be considered to be successful. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the third time since December 2018 has reported a drop in […]
…Demand implementation of ASUU agreement …Seek joint probe of NASS staff protest The House of Representatives on Wednesday in an attempt to starve off the impeding labour crisis over demand for a new minimum wage has asked the Buhari administration to forward the minimum wage amendment bill to the National Assembly for consideration and assent. […]
In the last few months, stakeholders in the Organised Labour have been involved in back and forth negotiations over the new minimum wage to be paid by employers to the working population in the country. Though the negotiation for upward review of wages in the country is long overdue with about two years, news emanating […]
The meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF) aimed at resolving the dispute over the proposed N30,000 National Minimum Wage ended in a deadlock on Monday in Abuja. The meeting which took place at the Presidential Villa, had the Chairman of the NGF, and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulazeez Yari, leading […]
To all you who believe we shouldn’t have a minimum wage — that the minimum amount you can be paid should be determined solely by your employer. We tried it once before: it was called SLAVERY ~Quentin R. Bufogle Analyzing the absurd in Nigeria is like trying to crack open a palm nut with an […]
…Urges workers to vote out anti-labour Governors …Says N30,000 was a product of intense, robust negotiations at the Tripartite Committee The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, warned that the threat by state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) would not deter it from crippling government activities if Governors fail to […]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said that most of the states in the country cannot afford to pay the N30,000 National Minimum Wage proposed by the tripartite committee. Chairman of the forum and Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari said this on Wednesday after an emergency meeting at its Secretariat in Abuja. Some of those […]
Against the backdrop of the ongoing minimum wage negotiation, Nigerian governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have called for an emergency meeting where the issue of the minimum wage is expected to be discussed in Abuja today. The Daily Times recalls that the State governors have been fingered as the clog […]
The Nigerian government and the nation’s labour force are currently flexing muscles in what should be the minimum wage payable to workers of the government at the Federal, State and local levels as well as those working with the private sector of the economy. As at Sunday night, a truce was arrived at by the […]
Every leader has his defects. Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau state is also not spared the limitations governance imposes on a leader either. Frankly, he has his fusillade of leadership challenges he battles every day to make positive impact on the Plateau, just like most or all governors in Nigeria. But a good leader […]
…Says govt must be trusted to keep its word The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has knocked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidency for reprobating on the widely announced pledge by the administration to pay N30,000 minimum wage to Nigerian workers. President Buhari was reported to have agreed to […]
A group, Kogi state concerned workers’ forum, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the organised labour for the peaceful resolution of the national minimal wage debacle. Reacting to the outcome of the tripartite committee set up by the federal government on the review of the national minimal wage , the forum applauded the government’s will […]
The New Initiative for Credible Leadership, NICL, has described the decision of the organized labour to suspend its planned nationwide strike as laudable. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other trade union bodies had planned to embark on a nationwide industrial action over their demand for the increment in minimum wage. The strike […]
The Organised Labour has suspended its nationwide strike, scheduled to begin today. Labour has called the strike to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage of N30,000. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension of the strike at the end of the resumed tripartite […]
…FG, Labour fail to reach agreement …Govt insists on N24, 000, Labour wants N30, 000 The Federal Government and the Organised Labour have failed to reach a consensus over the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The Chairman of the Tripartite Committee and a former Head of Service of the Federation, Ms Amal […]