Nearly two years after the new N30,000 minimum wage was signed into law in Nigeria, ten states have failed to implement it. This was revealed by...
Ekiti State government has announced the suspension of minimum wage payment and a cut in the salaries of workers and political appointees. According to a statement...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has recommended the retention of the national minimum wage on the exclusive legislative list. Alhaji Kabiru Minjibir, the Kano State Chairman...
Kano State Executive Council (SEC), on Thursday, approved the implementation of a new wage for academic and non-academic staff of its universities. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has issued a scathing critique of Governors who are yet to implement the new national minimum wage....
Despite working in the biggest economy in Africa, Nigerian workers minimum wage is one of the lowest in Africa. Data from Statista show Nigeria’s economy was...
The Federal Government has told workers that the transfer of the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive list to Concurrent list would not work. The Minister...
For many Nigerian households, the relentless rise in food prices has meant constantly having to make tough decisions monthly, Skip meals or rationalize. This feeding burden...
Aminu Tambuwal, the Sokoto State Governor, has revealed that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is scheduled to meet with organised labour on the implementation of the...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will commence a nationwide strike on Wednesday, March 10 (today) over the decision by the National Assembly to remove the national...
Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has kicked against the bill seeking to switch the Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent...
For a Nigerian to break into the one percent population of the wealthy, it will now take a net worth of $70,000 (N28.7 million), according to...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has resolved to embark on strikes in states that have refused to pay its workers the N30,000 minimum wage earlier agreed...
Life is getting tougher for Nigerians, and for a breadwinner on N30,000 minimum wage, the hardship is clearly tougher. On Tuesday, Inflation hit 16.47 percent, the...
Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives literarily found themselves swimming against the tide last week. This was evident in the grumbles of some NASS members in...
The Kano State Government has cancelled the payment of N30,000 as minimum wage and has reverted to N18,000, an official of the government has said. This...
States yet to implement the new national minimum wage and those owing workers salaries have been threatened with strike actions and protests in the New Year...
Benue State government has said that it is ready to implement a N30,000 minimum wage for civil servants in the state from Grade Level 01-06 starting...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Friday approved the implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for workers in the state. The governor, who disclosed this on his...
The Kwara State government, and the labour movement in the state have both reached an agreement following a four-day-old industrial action. A truce was reached on...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has been handed a seven-day ultimatum to pay primary school teachers N30,000 minimum wage or have them proceed on strike....
The organised labour in Ogun State on Wednesday gave the state government a 14-day ultimatum to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. In a letter to...
Senator Ali Ndume has insisted that Nigeria would not move forward under the presidential system of government. According to him, there was a need to conduct...
The government of Gombe has announced the suspension of payment of the new minimum wage of N30,000 to workers in the state. The state said the...
The Nigerian Labour Congress, Kebbi State chapter has ruled that it will embark on an infinite strike from Tuesday, March 3, over the state government’s inability...
The Adamawa State Government has lashed out at the Organised Labour, made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and State Public...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared that the recent upward review of workers’ minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000 has been rendered useless...
The Ogun State government has agreed to pay N30,500 as minimum wage for workers in the state with effect from last month. The decision was taken...
The organized labour in Anambra State on Monday gave the state government a 14- day ultimatum to implement the new minimum wage or face the workers’...
The Bauchi State government led by the incumbent, Governor Bala Mohammed has commenced the payment of the new N30,000 minimum wage to civil service workers in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has confirmed that workers in Borno State have mostly received their salaries for January 2020 which reflected the new minimum wage...
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has announced his approval of payment of the N30,000 minimum wage to the state’s civil servants. He made this...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has assured that the state government would commence the payment of the new national minimum wage this January. The governor...
Kogi State Government and the organised labour have set up a 14-man committee to negotiate the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers in the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ondo State Council, said on Wednesday the organised labour had not reached any agreement with the state government on the implementation...
The Jigawa State government has announced the commencement of payment of the new minimum wage to its workers, with reports revealing that some civil servants in...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Monday insisted on the review of the revenue sharing formula to enable them to meet up with their financial obligations, including...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has emphasized the need for governors to ensure speedy conclusion of negotiations on implementation of the new wage act. The body...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to all APC governors to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustments....
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views...
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his government would begin payment of N35, 000 minimum wage from this month. The development followed several...
Nigerian state governors have been given December 31, 2019 as deadline by which negotiations on consequential adjustment occasioned by the new minimum wage must end. The...
The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, on Wednesday, said it would meet with its state councils to decide the fate of the state governments on...
The implementation of the new minimum wage may witness hiccups in states across the country, as state governors, on Monday said the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, this Wednesday directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to effect payment of the new...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to compel state governments in the country to pay the new minimum wage to their workers. The President of...
Organised Labour and the Nigerian government on Thursday night, reached an agreement on the consequential adjustments of the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Delta State, on Thursday aborted its decision on the strike action which it commenced on Tuesday. The state chapter of...
The Organized Labour and the Federal Government negotiation team on the Consequential Adjustment on the new Minimum Wage in the early hours of Thursday adjourned the...
Efforts by the House of Representatives to stop the nationwide strike proposed by the labour over the delay in concluding negotiations on the consequential adjustment in...
