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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 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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Following inability to reach common grounds in the stalled negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reversal of the hike in the electricity tariff, Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd. Earlier this week, Organised Labour negotiators had walked out of the meeting for a third time, over the…
Following a forced adjournment of negotiation meeting, a consequence not Labour walking out of the meeting, the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23. It is believed that progress will be made in negotiating a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on…
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Labour Unions in Rivers State has warned detractors of Governor Siminalayi Fubara,following N100,000 Christmas bonus approved for civil servants by the governor. The workers said with such rare magnanimity from the governor, they would continue to support his administration. The governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joe Johnson, called…
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