Tag: Nigeria Labour Congress

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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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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Minimum Wage: Atiku Hails FG Decision to Pay N30,000
November 6, 2018 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Atiku Hails FG Decision to Pay N30,000

The Peoples Democratic  Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Federal Government for agreeing to pay N30,000 minimum wage negotiated with labour leaders in the country. Abubakar made the commendation in a statement by h...
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Minimum wage: Workers back NLC over 14-day ultimatum
September 13, 2018 No Responses

Minimum wage: Workers back NLC over 14-day ultimatum

The Nigerian workers on Thursday thrown their weight behind the 14-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to the Federal Government over delay regarding new minimum wage. The Labour leaders had on Wednesday cautioned the Federal Government a...
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Picketing: How NLC Violated International Labour Organisation’s Ethics
July 12, 2018 No Responses

Picketing: How NLC Violated International Labour Organisation’s Ethics

MTN Nigeria said its assets worth millions of dollars have been vandalised following the three-day picketing by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at some of the telecommunication company’s offices across Nigerian states. The mobile communication company may ...
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NLC Insists on September for New Minimum Wage Take-off
April 30, 2018 No Responses

NLC Insists on September for New Minimum Wage Take-off

The Organised Labour says it will not to allow the Tripartite Committee for National Minimum Wage to alter the time line for the implementation for the new wage for workers in the country. NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this...
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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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