Residents of Iyiowa Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State have protested against exorbitant electricity bills from the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), claiming monthly charges now exceed the national minimum wage of ₦70,000. The protesters, many holding placards, said most households receive bills ranging from ...
•Nigerian workers As labour unions commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day today across the country, civil servants in various states on Wednesday said the N70,000 new national minimum wage is not enough to cater for their cost of living amidst rising inflation. Last year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian wor...
•The protesting workers Public primary school teachers, area councils’ workers as well as medical staff at the primary health centers across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday staged a peaceful protest over non implementation of the N70,000 national minimum wage and other entitlements by the council chairmen...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of staff unions in Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions has given a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to implement the national minimum wage for workers in the state’s higher institutions. It said failure for Governor Aiyedatiwa to act within 14 days could ...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Haruna Kankara, yesterday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local government workers and primary school teachers. The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territory, Abuj...
Organised Labour in four states and the Federal Capital Territory have expressed optimism that their state governments will begin the payment of the new minimum wage by January ending. This was after the Oyo State Government announced that it had begun the payment of N80,000 minimum wage to workers, reports Sunday PUNCH. While Imo, Sokoto, [&h...
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State chapter, and workers today, shut down normal operations of Lagos Television, Eko FM/Radio Lagos and Lagos Traffic Radio to protest the non-implementation of the N85,000 minimum wage by the management of the stations. NLC, in collaboration with workers of the three broadcast stations under the aegis of ...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has said the new minimum wage will be reviewed in less than two years. Onyejeocha announced this while addressing reporters after a meeting with labour leaders yesterday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, reports NAN. The minister said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remained c...
•Tinubu (C) and Organised Labour leaders The Organised Labour says it is pushing for an annual increase to the ₦70,000 minimum wage paid to workers in Nigeria. Labour said it is important that the minimum wage paid to workers reflects a rise in inflation every year. “What we are pushing on for Labour is that […]
•Protesters at Ondo State Internal Revenue Service Staff of the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service staged a peaceful protest today, demanding the implementation of the new minimum wage by the management of the government-owned agency. The protesters, primarily junior staff, expressed frustration over a significant pay disparity between senior...
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