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The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has expressed dismay and hence condemned Tuesday’s hike in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as Petrol, demanding its immediate reversal by the Federal Government. TUC in a statement by its President, Festus Osifo, contended that the sudden hike in fuel and electricity…
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Nigerian workers in telecommunications and electricity sectors have threatened to shut down the National grid, and telecom services at midnight Wednesday if the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero is arrested by the Nigeria Police Force. This was contained in separate notices on Tuesday by the General Secretaries of the National Union of Electricity…
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Hon Akin Alabi, a member of the House Representatives has said not all businesses and employers would be mandated to pay the N70,000 minimum wage. Hon Alabi is the Chairman of the House Committee on Works. He explained that businesses with less than 25 employees would be exempted from paying the new minimum wage. The…
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President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday to further discuss on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A top labour source disclosed that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting expected to be held at…
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The Organized Labour has insisted that it will not accept any of N62,000 or N100,000 “starvation wage” as the minimum wage for Nigerian workers. It insisted on N250,000, being its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Friday, as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. This…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says governors can pay a minimum wage above ₦60,000 if they cut down on corruption and cut the high cost of governance in their states. In a statement late Friday by a spokesperson for the NLC, Benson Upah, Labour condemned the statement by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum that the ₦60,000…
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Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Director Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed. The governors said the N60,000 wage is not realistic and unsustainable….
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has asked members of the Organised Labour to be more circumspect in their demands over national minimum wage and the restoration of old electricity tariff. Addressing the National Executive Council of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday, Akume said the shutdown…
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The meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage re-convened at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday to continue negotiations over a new minimum wage for workers in the country. In attendance were representatives of the Federal Government including the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu;…
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The Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) locked the Secretariat entrance on Monday in compliance with the labour union’s indefinite industrial action. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had, on May 31, directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike starting from June 3….