The National Council of State has on Tusday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, approved N27,000 as the National minimum wage. President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Council of State’s meeting which had in attendance Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as well as former Presidents, Heads of State, and former Chief Justices of Nigeria. The amount approved […]
Minimum Wage: Organized Labour Gives FG Dec 31 Ultimatum To Submit Minimum Wage Bill To NASS
The Organized Labour has on Thursday, issued a December 31st, the last day of the year 2018, deadline to the Federal Government to send a draft bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly for passage into law to avoid a nationwide strike in the new year. At a national leadership meeting […]
Minimum Wage: NLC Calls Off Nationwide Strike
The organised labour unions have called off the planned nationwide strike initially scheduled to commence today to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage of N30,000. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension last night in Abuja at the end of the last meeting of […]