•Governor Diri The Bayelsa State Government and the chairmen of the eight local government areas in the state have acceded to the demand of organised labour to pay the new N80,000 minimum wage to workers in the unified local government service. The state government, which had earlier approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in […]...
The strike led by the Nigeria Labour Congress in the Federal Capital Territory has entered its 11th day, with negotiations between the labour unions and Area Council Chairmen at a standstill over the implementation timeline for the N70,000 minimum wage. Speaking to our correspondent yesterday, the FCT Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Go...
•Governors President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, July 18, approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers and pledged to review the national minimum wage law every three years. While a number of governors are paying the N70,000 minimum wage, others have gone further, by paying amounts higher than the federal mandate, reports The [&hel...
•Nigerian workers Workers in Kaduna, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, and Cross River states yesterday commenced a one-week warning strike to demand the implementation of the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments. In Nasarawa State, public offices, including the State House of Assembly, courts, and ministries, were shut down, reports Daily ...
•Governor Nwifuru The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the threat by Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State to sack public sector workers who are striking over the non-implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage. In a statement by NLC President Joe Ajaero, the labor body called the governor’s threat “irresponsible” and urged st...
•Francis Nwifuru Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to civil servants, warning that any worker who fails to report to their duty post will be dismissed. Speaking at a media parley in Abakaliki, the state capital, Nwifuru disclosed plans to pay workers based on the number of days they report […]
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike Three days to round off first term examination by the primary school pupils in the Federal Capital Territory, their teachers have embarked on a fresh strike action over non-compliance with the new minimum wage of N70,000 by the area councils of the territory. Primary school pupils in the FCT have experienced […...
•Nigerian workers Barring any last-minute change of plan, the workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Cross River, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Kaduna and Zamfara states may down tools today following the failure of the state authorities to negotiate the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage. Though the implementation panels set up by the concerned s...
The Kaduna, Nasarawa, Cross River and Katsina state governments yesterday activated their conflict resolution machinery to help avert the strike called for tomorrow by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in parts of the country over non-implementation of the new minimum wage. Top government officials in the states launched into long hours of mee...
The Katsina State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by the state chairman, reached an agreement late yesterday on a ₦70,000 minimum wage consequential adjustment, averting a planned strike set for December 1. The Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, signed the agreement on behalf of the state governme...
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