Minimum Wage
16 Apr
At the recent nationwide public hearing on the new national minimum wage held across the six geo-political zones, governors demanded a review of the revenue allocation formula to enable them to implement the proposed national minimum wage.
10 Apr
Today’s epistle is directed at you to reflect on the issue of minimum wage in the country. I write directly to you Mr President in your position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of all matters in the country including that of the economy in general and minimum wage in particular.
9 Apr
Amidst the backdrop of socioeconomic challenges, including the high cost of living, Nigerian workers are already anticipating a new minimum wage that reflects the current market realities.
3 Apr
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have forwarded a joint demand to the tripartite committee negotiating the new national minimum wage.
2 Apr
As the debate progresses across the country over what should be the minimum living wage for workers, the two main workers’ bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) should be more circumspect in their negotiation...
27 Mar
Conversations, centred on an offer of a new national minimum wage, may begin in earnest as the committee charged with the negotiation of a new national minimum wage will in the next two days (Wednesday and Thursday) meet for the third time.
26 Mar
A former Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Akin Onigbinde, yesterday, said the issue of the minimum wage must be removed from the Exclusive Legislative List of the Constitution.
26 Mar
Next month will make it five years since President Muhammadu Buhari approved the lifting of the country’s minimum wage from N18,000 per month to N30,000.
8 Mar
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have come up with different figures for the new national minimum wage for workers.
8 Mar
At the Southeast zonal public hearing organised by the Tripartite committee on national minimum wage, in Enugu, the workers also called for extension of the proposed minimum wage increase to pensioners in the country as a sense of belonging.
7 Mar
Even when governors of the region and their representatives shunned the parley, workers in the southeast region Thursday canvassed upward review of the national minimum wage and removal of any governor that fails to implement it when passed into law.
29 Feb
The new income policy guidelines were released by the Productivity, Prices and Incomes Board. Under these guidelines, the Federal State set a 15 per cent wage increase ceiling on all private sector workers earning less than 3,000 Naira a year.
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