The Federal Government through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) has stated that the payment of the new minimum wage will commence from July 2024. The NSIWC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, said this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. The commission stated that this was because the date in question was when the President approved the bill …

The Abia State Government has stated that it will commence payment of the new minimum wage from October. The state Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Monday while briefing the press on the outcome of the week’s State Executive Council meeting chaired by the state governor, Alex Otti. He stated the payment, “will cut across all categories of …

The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants met on Friday as regards the new minimum wage template and agreed that the effective date for implementation of new minimum wage be set a 29 July 2024. This is according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) issued at the end of the meeting which was sighted by our correspondent …

Ogun State workers will soon smile, as Governor Dapo Abiodun has said his administration is working towards implementing the new minimum wage. The governor, who said this at a meeting with the leadership of organised labour at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, noted that workers had been instrumental in the economic growth the state was experiencing. He promised the union …

Representatives of state governments at the last Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting have bemoaned the decision by the Federal Government to save additional revenue for the payment of the new minimum wage. This development, which affected their revenue distribution from the federation committee, was received with opposing views when an update on statutory allocation showed that the government transferred …

It has been jubilation galore in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, since Tuesday when Governor Ahmadu Fintiri agreed to pay the new minimum wage of N70, 000 approved by the Federal Government. Arewa PUNCH reports that Fintiri had agreed with the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to review the workers’ wages to reflect the new minimum wage. …

Organised Labour has called on Nigerians to be patient with the Federal and State Governments following the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage. This was even as the workers’ union absolved the Federal Government of any wrongdoing, saying it would be unfair to conclude that there was a deliberate attempt to avoid paying the new minimum wage. …

The National Youth Service Corps has denied a social media report that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the N70,000 new national minimum wage. The corps said no directive has been given by the relevant authority for it to start the payment of N70, 000 minimum wage to corps members or to upgrade their accounts. According to …

Organised labour in Nasarawa State has given Governor Abdullahi Sule, a three-week ultimatum to begin the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage. Labour also called on the governor to commence the payment of backlog of workers’ entitlements running into N250 million. The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Nasarawa State, Ismaila Okoh, made the call at a …

The Ondo state government has agreed to pay N70,000 minimum wage to state workers. Speaking in Akure, the state capital, the State Head of Service HOS, Bayo Phillip, said that governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has given assurance that his administration would not do anything less than whatever is approved by the federal government as the national minimum for workers. Phillip said …