Minimum Wage
Labour leaders in Nigeria have urged the government to consider a review of the current N30,000 minimum wage to meet the reality of workers in the couuntry.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Sunday, May 1, announced that he has approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for government workers in the southern state.
A report revealed that governors and legislators have been working and mobilising for support to ensure passage of the bill to deregulate the new minimum wage.
The Ogun state workers have threatened to go on strike following the MOU signed by Governor Dapo Abiodun and state organised labour, give reasons for action.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has again, appealed to the Federal Government not to increase electricity tariff, following non- increment in workers’ wages.
Two years after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N30,000 national minimum wage into law, at least 10 state governors are reportedly yet to implement it.
Issued related to the partial implementation of N30, 000 minimum wage in Nasarawa state has triggered an industrial dispute between the government and the NLC.
The Ekiti state government has cut down the salaries of Governor Kayode Fayemi and his political appointees as well as that of the workers on GL 07 to GL 12.
The plan by the National Assembly to remove the issue of national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list has angered the Nigeria Labour Congress.
Minimum Wage
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