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...
The remaining states yet to implement the N70,000 minimum wage for workers are making last-minute moves to ensure the Nigeria Labour Congress does not embark on strike on Monday, December 1. The states yet to approve the monthly wage are Katsina, Cross River and Zamfara, after the Imo State Government sanctioned the implementation of the [&hel...
•Siminalayi Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has commenced payment of N85,000 new minimum wage to the state workers, fulfilling a promise he made earlier this year. The payment, which began with November salaries, has been widely celebrated by civil servants in the state, reports Nigerian Tribune. Recall that Fubara had announ...
•Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Kano State Government has commenced the implementation of the newly approved ₦71,000 minimum wage for its workers. This move comes barely three weeks after receiving and approving the recommendations of a special committee set up to review the minimum wage, reports Channels TV. True to its tradition of paying salarie...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the implementation of a N70,000 minimum wage for workers in Imo State. He also announced that payment of outstanding gratuities to retirees from local and state governments would commence today, Tuesday, November 26. This is as the deadline given by the Organised Labour to all state g...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said its December 1 ultimatum to state governors who fail to implement the new minimum wage by the end of November 2024 still stands. The NLC’s Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Benson Upah, confirmed this in a text message sent to our correspondent in Abuja, reports […]
•Governor Hyacinth Alia Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has approved the implementation of N75,000 as minimum wage for the civil servants in the state beginning from November 2024. The governor disclosed this to journalists at a briefing after a closed-door meeting with the joint negotiation council, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Cong...
•Nigerian workers There is growing tension among states yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage, following the December 1 strike notice given by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to workers in defaulting states to commence the indefinite strike. As of the end of October, 24 states had yet to start implementation, despite the Federal [&he...
•Governor Agbu Kefas Taraba State governor, Agbu Kefas has approved ₦70,000 new minimum wage for workers in Taraba State. The implementation is with effect from November 2024. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday by the state Head of Service, Paul Maigida. “I wish to inform you that His Excellency, the Governor of Taraba State, [&hellip...
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