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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have announced an indefinite nationwide strike starting Monday, June 3, 2024. This decision follows the tripartite committee’s failure to agree on a new minimum wage and the increase in electricity tariffs. TUC President Festus Osifo made the announcement during a joint news conference with NLC leaders in Abuja on Friday. …

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Military veterans on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Abuja seeking for the payment of the inconsequential minimum wage adjustment since 2019 and the Debarment Allowance from the Federal government.

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The house of representatives has passed the bill raising the national minimum wage. The lower legislative chamber passed the bill after considering the report of its ad hoc committee during plenary on Tuesday. The passage comes about a week after President Muhammadu Buhari sent the wage bill for consideration, following its approval by the national council of state. The council …

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…Okays N30,000 for federal workers National Council of State has pegged the National Minimum wage at N27,000. This amount is for the least paid workers in the states and the private sector. However, Federal Government workers will take home N30,000 as their minimum wage. The Council arrived at this decision at its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of …

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The Federal Government has budgeted a total of N160bn this year to take care of adjustments that may arise as a result of the planned increase in minimum wage. The amount is contained in the 2019 budget proposal which was submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly. The 2019 budget has an estimate of N8.83tn made up of …

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Femi Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, says his principal didn’t endorse any figure as the new minimum wage. The tripartite committee had submitted its report to Buhari on Tuesday, with the recommendation of N30,000 minimum wage as being demanded by organised labour. In his speech, the president said he was committed to having a new minimum wage. Subsequently, the Atiku …

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A new minimum wage of N66, 500 for all workers in the country has been proposed by the organized labour as against the current N18, 000 which it described as “grossly inadequate.” They made their demand known on Thursday at the Public Hearing on National Minimum Wage for Nigerian workers, organised by the Tripartite Committee of the National Minimum Wage …

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The Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN) has advised the Federal Government to constitute a panel to negotiate new national minimum wage. In an address delivered on Tuesday in Enugu by the National President of ASCSN, comrade Bobboi Kaigama at the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Association, the group explained that “the massive devaluation of the Naira has made …

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The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has explained why its members could not pay the proposed national minimum wage. Its Director-General, Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, said at a briefing in Lagos that they could not pay because of the recession which has affected their members’ businesses. He said the association would canvass this position at the National Minimum Wage Committee meeting. …

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