National Minimum wage
29 Dec
The federal government would, from January 2023, begin monitoring the implementation of the national minimum wage across the country.
4 Jan 2022
The automation of the national minimum wage will reduce politicisation and inflationary trends associated with a wage increase in Nigeria, National President of Association of Senior Civil Service of Nigeria
10 Mar 2021
The organised labour in Enugu State has kicked against the bill at the National Assembly seeking to decentralise the National Minimum Wage in the country.
1 Jan 2020
The conclusion of the consequential adjustment of the national minimum wage and its subsequent implementation of minimum wage at the state level will form the fulcrum of labour movement
16 Jul 2019
New President and Chairman, Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), Wale Adediran, in this interview with GLORIA EHIAGHE, spoke about the positive growth of the Human Resources (HR) profession in Nigeria. He explained how passionate the institute is in changing the unemployment narrative and his plans for the institute during his two-year tenure, among other national issues.
25 Mar 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja received the report of the Presidential Technical Advisory Committee on the Implementation of the National Minimum Wage (PTAC) with a pledge to review it expeditiously. The PTAC, which was inaugurated on Jan. 9, was mandated to advise the Federal Government on how best to fund, in a sustained…
10 Oct 2018
The Nigerian Government has proposed N24,000 as the new minimum wage for Federal civil servants. This is coming a few days after the Nigeria Labour Congress suspended its warning strike which was observed in part across the country. The NLC had initially proposed a N50,000 minimum wage for workers, a move opposed by many state…
8 Oct 2018
The Federal Government is set to announce the new minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee completes its assignment for onward submission to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, made this known while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the committee used the two-day to reconvene and deliberate on a…
2 May 2017
The current paltry minimum wage of N18,000 per month is untenable and unconscionable for reasons which are cogent and palpably obvious.
2 May 2017
Payment of workers’ salaries, is not an achievement of government! Every worker deserves his pay! It is the right of the worker and not a generous act of political kindness from the government.
1 May 2017
“I am happy to inform you that Government will give expeditious consideration to the proposal contained in the Technical Committee’s Report which was submitted to it on April 6, 2017.