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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress not to embark on its indefinite strike scheduled to commence on November 6. Justice Sanusi Kado, on Friday, gave the order in a ruling on an ex parte application moved on behalf of the Federal Government by the Solicitor-General …

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Despite the on-going high-level meetings between the Federal Government and labour unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and United Labour Congress, ULC,  have vowed to continue the strike action. The labour unions had began an indefinite strike on Thursday in a dispute over the minimum wage. Labour leaders said the strike tempo will be heightened as many more units joining …

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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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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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