Minimum Wage

Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised…

BREAKING: Governors oppose N60,000 minimum wage, says not sustainable  Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum have rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement issued on…

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has submitted the projected cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. Following a…

2024 Workers Day: Lagos NLC, TUC demands ‘living’ minimum wage, rejects salary increment Ayodele Olalere The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Wednesday…

The associations and unions in the aviation industry, on Tuesday morning, suspended their planned nationwide industrial action billed to commence today after signing a fresh Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Federal Government. A…

Wole Adedeji, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has allayed the fears of its workers that a scheduled staff audit and verification exercise would not mean a pre-condition for payment of minimum wage. Workers have been speculated to…

The Sokoto State committee for the implementation of new minimum wage headed by the chairman of Sokoto State Rent Control and Safety of Persons Commission,  Alh. Muhammadu Namadina Abdulrahman has been inaugurated. Inaugurating the…

After several hours of intensive deliberation between representatives of the Federal Government and those of labour unions, on Thursday, in Abuja, the negotiation on Nigeria’s new minimum wage adjustment ended without an agreement reached…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kwara Council has said that workers in the state have never enjoyed full implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage since 2011. Mr. Saheed Murtala, the state acting Chairman of NLC, made the disclosure…

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has promised to pay the N30, 000 minimum wage once a template for consequential adjustment is agreed on. The governor made the promise on Friday in Lafia while giving account of stewardship of his…