Amid the raging arguments between the Federal Government and the Organized Labour about the propriety or otherwise of an upward review in the national minimum wage and the appropriate amount, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, describes the dialogue as an economics of the farm. […]
Govs awaiting resolutions on ideal National Minimum Wage for workers – Sule
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said governors were not averse to the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Suke however said the implementation of the new wage will depend more on the resolutions by the tripartite committee set up by the Presidency. He dismissed claims that state governors were not cooperating with the […]
Labour releases breakdown of proposed N615,000 minimum wage
Organized Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has outlined details of its proposed N615,000 minimum wage. The details were contained in a statement released by the NLC on Friday. According to the statement, Food and Transportation took the larger proportion of the proposed minimum wage. The breakdown […]
Governor Diri sets up committee on new minimum wage
N30,000 minimum wage a joke – Oshiomhole
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has described the current N30,000 minimum wage as a joke. Oshiomhole said the pay package of workers should increase in the face of the current reality with prices of things skyrocketing. Speaking on Channels Televison’s Politics Today, the lawmaker said the Nigerian workers and the Federal Government, and state governments […]
N70,000 minimum wage a trick to woo voters – Group
A Benin-based organization, the Edo N’Okpa Movement, says the new salary package by Governor Godwin Obaseki is a Greek gift hurriedly announced to woo voters for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 21 governorship election. While advising Edo workers not to sell their votes ahead of the September governorship election, the group urged […]
Nothing below N100,000 – Economist Alaje reveals Minimum wage for Nigerian workers
Paul Alaje, Chief Economist and Partner at SPM said that the federal government’s minimum wage review should be at least N100,000. Alaje disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television on Thursday. He said that Nigeria’s minimum wage had historically been reviewed five times, from N30,000 in 2018 to N125 in 1981. He explained that […]
NLC urges Gombe govt to implement N30,000 minimum wage
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Gombe State, Yusuf Aish, has called for the full implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. Aish made these remarks during an interview with journalists during the May Day celebration with the theme “People First,” held at the Pantami Stadium. He pointed out that the N30,000 minimum […]
Delta workers boo Governor Oborevwori over minimum wage
Delta State workers on Wednesday booed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over his inability to make a policy statement on minimum wage. The workers who were desperately expecting the governor to announce a new minimum wage got aggrieved when the governor finished his address without referring to the new minimum wage. While the workers interrupted the governor […]
35% salary increase not minimum wage — Labour
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has clarified that the 25 per cent and 35 per cent increase in workers’ salaries announced by the federal government is not the minimum wage. The president of the association, Mr Tommy Okon, clarified while fielding questions from newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Okon, who is […]