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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 Obi of Ogwashiukwu and Trustee of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, has received the Ghanaian Civil National Award. The honuour conferred on the Obi on Saturday 29th October by the Government of Ghana, is the highest civil national award in the West African nation. The scholar was decorated with the award by the Ghanaian President, John Dramani …

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Niger Governor seeks House’s approval to borrow N2.5bn to pay Salaries’ Olabode Adaramola Niger State Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello has requested for the approval of the state House of Assembly to obtain N2.5billion loan from a new generation bank to enable the government meets up with the payment of October, 2016 salaries of the state civil servants. ‎ The Speaker of the State House …

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  Labour Vows To Resist Sales of National Assets The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will resist clamour in some quarters to sell national assets such as the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria Liquefied National Gas (NLNG), factional President NLC, Joe Ajaero has said. According to a statement, Ajaero said: “Congress views with utmost apprehension the recent call on …

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