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Kaduna to pay new minimum wage from 1 September 2019 Kaduna State will implement the new national minimum wage from September 2019. The Kaduna State Executive Council today approved that payment of the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments to civil servants will begin Read More …
Organised labour and the Federal Government will on Friday (today) resume negotiation over the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000. Labour, through the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, has been negotiating with the Federal Government since June 6, 2019. The Secretary of Read More …
Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja Organised labour has sought President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention to resolve the dispute over the N30,000 new minimum wage. At a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the FG and labour again failed to reach an agreement over payment of the new minimum wage. Read More …
Richard Egbule The federal government has attributed the delay in the implementation of the “Consequential Adjustment” of the N30,000 new minimum wage to the unrealistic demands of labour unions. The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Chief Richard Egbule, made this known in Read More …
Don Silas The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has called on the organised labour to challenge political leaders to ensure that state resources meet the needs of workers and other Nigerians. Oshiomhole made the call in Abuja at a reception Read More …
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Head of Service, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has accused some senior union leaders of hampering the conclusion of the work of the presidential committee on consequential adjustment of new national minimum wage. She attributed their unrealistic demands as the cause of Read More …
Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, is expected to meet with members of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council on Wednesday in Abuja to discuss issues that led to the breakdown of negotiation between the Federal Read More …
TUC The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has accused the Federal Government of betrayal of trust over the implementation of the new national minimum wage. In a statement by its President, Quadri Olaleye and Secretary-General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, the congress said it was rejecting the Read More …
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate implementation of the National Minimum of Wage of N30,000 monthly to all federal civil servants earning less than N30,000 monthly. The Executive Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, (NSIWC), Dr. Richard Onwuka Egbule, disclosed this at a Read More …
Public sector workers in Ekiti State have rejected the attempt of the Federal Government negotiating team on the new minimum wage, describing it as retrogressive and slave offer to Nigerian workers. The workers, under the aegis of Joint Public Service Negotiation Council, who wondered what Read More …