MINIMUM WAGE

Leadership of Organised Labour in Nigeria has on Wednesday led hundreds of Nigerian workers in protest march to National Assembly complex in Abuja. The organised labour, which comprises workers from the public and private sector were led…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its allied unions are set to embark on a nationwide protest today over the minimum wage. The organised labour has alleged that some members of the National Assembly are trying to remove the Minimum Wage…

The Nigeria Labour Congress yesterday directed its state councils to prepare for strike on October 16 if negotiation fails again with Federal Government. In a circular to state councils signed by its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja,…

The Senate on Tuesday approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage, it has emerged. This decision was reached after the upper chamber’s ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena submitted its…

British workers had their biggest pay rise in a decade in the three months to October as the country’s strong labour market showed no sign of weakening ahead of Brexit, official figures showed on Tuesday. Average weekly earnings,…

As the Federal government continues to debate whether or not to increase the miniumum wage from N18, 000 to N30, 000, the South African government has gone ahead to increase that of it's civil servants from N97, 495 to N126,480 per month.…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to go back on the already negotiated new minimum wage of N30,000. The labour unions position came after the Nigerian Governors Forum stated that paying 30,000 naira is not feasible in the…

Nigerian governors have told organised labour that the only way through which the N30,000 minimum wage can be achieved is by sacking of its members, The Punchreports. Apart from this, the governors at their emergency meeting in Abuja on…

Nigerian governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum have called for an emergency meeting over minimum wage. The meeting according to reports is expected to hold in Abuja tonight. It is expected that the meeting,…

The Federal Government (FG), has stated that the Nigerian Labour Congress cannot fix a figure to be paid for by the FG as Minimum wage. Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, who said this when the new Director-General of Nigeria…

The Nigerian Governors Forum says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage.The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, said this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the forum meeting held on…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that the new minimum wage must come into effect in July this year. President of Congress, Ayuba Wabba, who told The Guardian in an exclusive interview in Abuja, yesterday,…

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has asked that the new minimum wage being considered be “very low,” Daily Trust reports. He said this while speaking at the “Governance Matters” roundtable organised by the Development Alternative…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has assured Nigerian workers that the the new national minimum wage to be announced in September will address the issue of social imbalance, inequality and the wide gap of…