•Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma The Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, today, said the Forum would partner with Ohaneze Ndigbo to industrialize the South-East zone. The governor stated this during a consultative meeting with members of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Igbo Business Leaders at ...
•Obasanjo The South East Governors, today, hosted former President Olusegun Obasanjo who paid the governors a solidarity visit while they decided to meet President Bola Tinubu to press for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Addressing the media, after over seven hours of marathon meeting, the ...
•Zainab Yakubu Niger State deputy governor, Garba Yakubu, today, lost his wife, Zainab Yakubu, in Minna, the state capital. Confirming the incident to our correspondent through a telephone call, a spokesperson for the deputy governor, Ummikaltumi Kuta, said Zainab died after a brief illness in Minna, reports Channels TV. Meanwhile, Niger State...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the comments credited to governors that states should determine their minimum wage in their domains. “This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines the very essence as well as the model adopted for creating a national minimum wage in Nigeria,” the NLC said in a […...
•The 142nd meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday kept quiet on the issue of minimum wage after a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC). Millions of Nigerians and members of the Organised Labour [&he...
•Some Nigerian governors The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has assured Nigerians and the organised labour that better minimum wage will result from ongoing negotiations. The governors had previously rejected the federal government’s proposal of N62,000, stating that some states would need to borrow money to pay salaries. Despite this, Organised Lab...
•Tinubu in a meeting with state governors President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kassim Shettima today met with governors of the 36 states of the Federation and ministers to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers in the country, as well as other economic matters. The president and the governors met at the 141st […]
•Governors Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Abiodun (Ogun) The six governors of the South-West states of Nigeria, under the auspices of ‘the South-West Governors’ Forum, on Monday, June 10, 2024, met in Lagos, where they discussed issues about the development of the region. Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have resolved to meet today to resolve issues regarding the proposed new minimum wage. Recall that the governors had rejected the N62,000 proposed by the federal government, explaining that some states would have to borrow to pay salaries if the amount is implemented, reports Daily Trust. However, [...
•Southern governors The new chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Governor Dapo Abiodun has listed the five-point agenda of the forum under his leadership as security, infrastructure, food security and agriculture, transportation, and devolution of powers. Speaking on a Channels Television programme yesterday evening, Abiodun said the focu...

