Tag: minimum wage

Minimum Wage: NLC Goes Spiritual to Ensure Speedy Implementation
June 9, 2019 No Responses

Minimum Wage: NLC Goes Spiritual to Ensure Speedy Implementation

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bayelsa chapter, has sought God’s face for all authorities concern to ensure speedy implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage for workers in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the bill...
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Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $20 per hour by 2021
April 9, 2019 No Responses

Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $20 per hour by 2021

Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it would raise its minimum wage to 20 dollars (about N7,200) per hour over a two-year period. On May 1, the minimum hourly wage will rise by 2 dollars to 17 dollars, the...
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Minimum Wage: Workers urge FG to slash security votes of political office holders
March 26, 2019 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Workers urge FG to slash security votes of political office holders

A Cross section of workers in Enugu State have urged the Federal Government to reduce security votes and cost of governance of political office holders to accommodate the new minimum wage. The workers made the call in Enugu on Tuesday...
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Minimum Wage: Labour urges FG to commence implementation before May 1
March 19, 2019 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Labour urges FG to commence implementation before May 1

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) wants the Federal Government to commence the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country before the May Day Celebration. Mr Najeem Yasin, Acting President of NLC, said this in an...
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Dec. deadline for minimum wage
November 14, 2018 No Responses

Dec. deadline for minimum wage

Labour has requested that all processes leading to the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage should be completed next month. It also vowed not to accept anything less than the N30,000 recommended by the Tripartite Committee to President Muhammadu Buhari.....
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Minimum Wage: ASUU, SSANU say Govs not sincere
October 31, 2018 No Responses

Minimum Wage: ASUU, SSANU say Govs not sincere

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said on Wednesday that the state governors are not sincere with N22, 500 being proposed as the new Minimum Wage for workers. The unions...
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Osinbajo, Governors Meet over N30,000 Minimum Wage
October 29, 2018 No Responses

Osinbajo, Governors Meet over N30,000 Minimum Wage

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday led the Economic Management Team (EMT) to a closed-doors meeting with representatives of state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the...
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No Funds for New Minimum Wage – Minister of |Labour
May 10, 2017 No Responses

No Funds for New Minimum Wage – Minister of |Labour

New minimum wage talks may have been shifted until salary and promotion arrears owed civil servants are cleared, this has been learnt. Minister of Labour and Productivity Chris Ngige, Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Budget Office Director-General Ben A...
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Review National Minimum Wage Now, NLC tells FG
April 27, 2017 No Responses

Review National Minimum Wage Now, NLC tells FG

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to urgently review the National Minimum Wage. Mr Peters Adeyemi, Chairman, Joint May Committee of NLC and the Trade Union Congress(TUC)  made the call at a news...
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