National Minimum wage
30 Jul 2024
President Bola Tinubu has signed the newly approved national minimum wage into law. Â Â
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, was ecstatic on Monday following President Bola Tinubu's signing of the new national minimum wage into law. This came as he appealed to those behind the planned protest to refrain from violence that could destabilise the country, adding, "The right to protest should not be turned into the…
29 Jul 2024
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the newly approved National Minimum Wage into law. Apparently, in a desperate move to halt the planned protest and pacify aggrieved workers, the President assented to the law on Monday during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting attended by the leadership of the National Assembly led by the President…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has flayed state governors over their comment that they cannot afford to pay the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the Federal Government, warning that paying a miserable national minimum wage portends grave danger not only to the workforce but also the national economy at large.
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The nation was only a few steps away from potential chaos and confusion on Tuesday. We had a taste of the gloom that has been staring the nation in the face for a while with Labour flexing its muscles and threatening social and industrial peace.
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The Senate on Tuesday expressed displeasure at some of the excesses by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) during the nationwide strike for a new minimum wage on Monday. The upper legislative chamber declared that the shutdown of the national grid and the disruption of Hajj flights by some…
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