Academic and commercial activities were paralysed today at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO) as workers staged a protest over the alleged refusal of the Ondo State government to implement the new national minimum wage. The protesting workers, under the umbrellas of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Academi...
•Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno EKERETE UDOH, Uyo reporting Following the submission of the report by the Committee on the Implementation of the New Minimum Wage/Personnel Verification, headed by Akwa Ibom State Head of Service, Elder Effiong Essien, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has authorised the commencement of ...
•Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi The federal government says many states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will comply with the new national minimum wage by January 2025. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, stated this at the ministry’s headquarters, Abuja, when he received a delegation of ...
•Tinubu and Ajaero As the October deadline approaches, the tension surrounding minimum wage policies in Nigeria is reaching a fever pitch. With a significant number of states poised at a crossroad, the impending government intervention promises to reshape the landscape of labour rights and economic equity across the nation. The stakes are high...
•Governor Nasir Idris Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi today signed into law a new minimum wage of N75,000 for the state civil servants. The governor signed the new bill in the presence of the National President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Joe Ajero, and other members of executives at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. … developing […]
•Governor Umo Eno The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has announced a new minimum wage of Eighty Thousand Naira (N80,000) for civil servants in the oil-rich state. This was disclosed this afternoon in a memo issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong and sighted by The Frontier. […]...
•Governors More state governors have continued to express readiness to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage, which President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Monday, July 29, 2024, up from the initial N30,000. Recall that the new minimum wage followed a series of meetings that failed to reach an agreement between the Organised Labour,...
•Soludo The Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo has announced that his administration will begin payment of the N70, 000 new minimum wage from the end of October, 2024. The governor made the announcement during a parade ceremony to celebrate Nigeria’s sixty fourth Independence Day Celebration held at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, yesterday...
The federal government has announced readiness to begin the new minimum wage payment to civil servants. This development was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, today, reports Nigerian Tribune. While addressing journalist, he stated that the employees under the federal governmen...
The federal government has said it will backdate the payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000 to July 29, 2024. The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for Civil Servants has reached an agreement to implement the new minimum wage on July 29, 2024. According to Punch, this was stated in a Memorandum of […]
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