Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has rejected the suggestion by governors that they should be allowed to determine the wages of their workers, saying it is not only dictatorial but against the concept of the minimum wage. In a communique on Thursday at the end of their meeting held in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, the Southern Governors Forum advocated that each …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has stepped down from consideration and deliberation on the memo on the new minimum wage to allow President Bola Tinubu engage in more consultation with stakeholders, according to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris. While briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting at the State House, Abuja …

Organised Labour has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to prove his love for Nigerian workers and approve its demand of N250,000 minimum wage to reflect the present inflationary trend in the country. Speaking to Vanguard, a member of the organised labour negotiating team in the Tripartite Committee of the New National Minimum Wage and President-General of the Maritime Workers Union …

The Organised Labour has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider consulting and reaching an agreement with its leadership before transmitting the proposed bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly. This was as the union admitted that their much-anticipated meeting of the National Executive Committee, which will accommodate about 300 Labour leaders, is being stalled by President Tinubu’s …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to reviewing and agreeing to a realistic and sustainable minimum wage for Nigerian workers. He also urged organised labour to propose or agree to a realistic minimum wage that would not lead to massive job losses across the country. At the opening of …

Organised labour has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wages. In his nationwide broadcast to make Democracy Day earlier on Wednesday, the President had said that a consensus had been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour. He explained that an executive bill would …

Organised Labour on Saturday tackled the state governors, accusing them of acting in bad faith towards the new minimum wage negotiations ongoing in the country. Earlier, the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement on Friday by the Director of Media and Public Affairs for …

Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing a N250,000, which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations on the new minimum wage by the …

I’m opposed to minimum wage. And I know I’m saying this at the risk of losing readers. The minimum wage hurts the poor and vulnerable in whose name and interest Labour claims to strike. Sounds foolish, right? How can more naira in the pocket of the Nigerian worker currently on a minimum wage of N30,000 be bad? In a country …

Organised labour may settle for N100,000 minimum wage as the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage commences daily meetings for five days to reach a consensus. Multiple sources in the labour movement told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the union leaders were willing to review their demand from N494,000 to N100,000, following the criticism and controversy that trailed their proposal …