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Today in Abuja, the Organised Labour has given the Federal Government till May ending to conclude on the implementation of the new national minimum wage for workers in the country. Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, made the demand at the 2024 edition of the International Workers Day rally. Ajaero warned…
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The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has lambasted the federal government describing it’s 35 per cent pay rise for civil servants as mischievous while insisting that a living wage should be N615, 000. Ajaero stated this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday. He said, “We should be…
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State says he increased the minimum wage in the state to reflect the current economic realities of the country. Obaseki had announced a N70,000 minimum wage, an increase from the N40,000 paid previously by his government as against the N30,000 national minimum wage. The move had generated conversations among Nigerians…
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Organised Labour in Nigeria has demanded ₦615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country. A source who is an executive of the organized labour, requesting anonymity as he lacked authorization to speak on the issue, was quoted by Sunday PUNCH to have disclosed that the consensus on the new monthly wage of…
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The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has met with striking unions in a bid to end the ongoing warning strike. The meeting took place on Wednesday in Abuja. The unions include Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT. Mamman told newsmen…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reiterated that the only thing that would stop the planned nationwide strike in the country was if the federal government implemented the agreement it had with labour. This was disclosed in the letter written to the government, in which NLC dismissed claims by the federal government that it had…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asserted that the two-day protest led by its members is focused on addressing hunger, rather than solely advocating for a review of the minimum wage. Addressing reporters on Tuesday, February 27, NLC President, Joe Ajaero clarified that contrary to certain assertions, the union’s protest is not solely centered on…
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The Federal Government on Monday said it would extend its social security payments net to graduates with qualifications from NCE and upwards. Addressing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, disclosed that the programme would see unemployed Nigerian youths being paid…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has asked organised labour to shelve its planned nationwide protest over high cost of living and sundry issues in the country in the interest of peace. But the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday dared the DSS to stop the protest, advising the secret police to face its job of…
The Nigeria Labour Congress said it has put machinery in place for a two-day nationwide protest slated for February 27 and February 28, 2024. The NLC’s National President, Joe Ajaero, said the protest would begin a week after the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government which will expire on February…