•NLC President Joe Ajaero No fewer than seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have failed to approve the minimum wage expected to commence in October this year. This is as 25 states have commenced payment or made a pronouncement on the amount to pay as the minimum wage, reports Saturday PUNCH. The states that […]
•Governor Seyi Makinde The Oyo State Government has approved a minimum wage of ₦80,000 for the state workforce. Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said the Technical Committee set up by the state government recommended and got approval from Governor Seyi Makinde for ...
•Charles Soludo Leaders of the Organised Labour in Anambra today appealed to Governor Charles Soludo to use the federal government’s template to compute the workers’ new minimum wage. The President, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Anambra chapter, made the appeal in Awka, while briefing newsmen on the workers’ expectation...
•Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has announced that the ₦73,000 wage for civil servants will be implemented this month (November). The governor made this declaration during the 2024 Public Service Week celebration, reports Channels TV. Governor Aiyedatiwa, while addressing the workers in Akure, emphasise...
•Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Alia Chairman of Trade Union Congress in Benue State, Gideon Akaa, has stated that labour leaders are in negotiation with the government over the new minimum wage. He dismissed the trending report on social media that the state government presented N40,000 as the new minimum wage, reports The PUNCH. Speaking [&h...
•Uba Sani The Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has approved a new minimum wage of N72,000 for civil servants in the state, effective November 2024. According to a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa today, the decision is aimed at advancing workers’ interests and aligns with Sani’s lifelong [&he...
•Oshiomhole and Tinubu Lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has recalled how he declared a massive strike to compel the Lagos State Government under Bola Tinubu to pay above the N5,000 minimum wage. Oshiomhole during his time as the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), also said he decided to fight some...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged states not yet paying the N70,000 minimum wage to start without further delay. The union also asked states implementing the new wage to let it reach all categories of teachers, reports The Nation. NUT President Audu Amba said this yesterday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, while […]
•Tinubu The federal government has commended state governors who have begun implementing the new N70,000 minimum wage, urging those yet to do so to take immediate action. This initiative, emphasised as a priority for President Bola Tinubu’s administration, aims to address the rising cost of living across the country, reports Nigerian Tribune. ...
•Governors Not less than 20 states have either started paying the new minimum wage or will commence payment from this week. After negotiations by the government, the Organised Private Sector and the Labour Centres, the minimum wage was raised from N30,000 to N70,000, reports The Nation. The negotiations, spanning many weeks, produced an agreem...
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