New minimum wage
1 Nov
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has approved a new minimum wage of N72,000 for civil servants, with effect from this month, in line with his administration’s commitment to advancing workers’ interests, just as he launched free transport buses in the state.
2 Sep
Ekiti State Government has inaugurated a 13-member negotiation committee to commence meetings with the organised labour on the minimum wage payment in the state.
20 Aug 2024
Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri, has approved paying the ₦70,000 national minimum wage to state and local government workers starting in August and September 2024, respectively. This was announced by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) State Chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Fashe, after a meeting with the governor on Tuesday. Fashe revealed that the state government workers will…
13 Aug 2024
Organised labour has vowed to shut down states that refuse to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage. National President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Shehu Muhammed...
31 Jul 2024
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Tuesday, inaugurated a State Advisory Committee on the new national minimum wage, just 48 hours after President Bola Tinubu approved the N70,000 minimum wage as agreed with the organised labour unions.
26 Jul 2024
Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said that no matter when President Bola Tinubu signed the National Minimum Wage Bill into law, the implementation date remains May 1, 2024.
12 Jun 2024
The organised labour movement says while it is not attaching a timeline within which the President will submit a new national minimum wage, it does not expect anything less than six figures.
11 Jun 2024
Former campaign spokesperson of President Bola Tinubu in the southeast, Dr Josef Onoh, stated on Tuesday that it was unfair for the state governors to oppose the federal government’s proposed N62,000 new minimum wage for workers. He also chided the five governors of the southeast region, for allegedly failing to tap into the federal government’s…
27 May 2024
The Edo State Government has paid the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state, in fulfilment of his promise to increase
15 May 2024
The N615,000 new national minimum wage proposed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which is currently awaiting negotiation and endorsement by the stakeholders, is seemingly outlandish, but not far off the economic realities and daily pressure on Nigerian workers.
9 May 2024
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Rule, yesterday, clarified that his colleagues are not opposed to a new minimum wage for workers.
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