The federal government will on Tuesday, inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new national minimum wage for the country. In a statement by the director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Segun Imohiosen, the planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to …

Ahead of negotiations for the payment of a new minimum wage scheduled to commence in April 2024, the organised labour has submitted a list of its representatives who will represent Nigerian workers on the negotiation panel which is set to be constituted by the Federal Government. For a new minimum wage to be implemented, a tripartite committee is often set …

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), has called on the Federal Government to set machinery in motion on minimum wage review, in accordance with the 2019 Act, advising that issues of wage increase and business sustainability should be dealt with concurrently. The Director-General of NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, who made the call yesterday, also urged the government not to lose sight …

The Senate said that it would give the proposed new minimum wage bill from the Executive arm of government expeditious consideration towards ensuring improved welfare for Nigerian workers and industrial harmony in the country. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Chairman Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang (APC – Plateau Central) assured Nigerians that …

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has described Nigerian workers’ minimum wage of $30 for 30 days as extremely poor and called for an urgent upward review of the wage structure. The chamber, in its Independence Day message yesterday, said an appraisal of the past 63 years showed that the Nigerian economy had performed sub-optimally with huge implications …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said governors were ignorant of what minimum wage was all about. In an interview on the sidelines of the ongoing 111th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, NLC General Secretary, Comrade Emma Ugboaja said governors had made a mockery of minimum wage. While lamenting that they (governors) ought to have …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has lamented the non-payment of arrears of minimum wage by state and federal polytechnics. The association asked the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to look into all cases of omission and short-changing of its members in a bid to ensure that the identified “anomalies” are rectified. The association said this …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday announced the reduction of working days for civil servants to three days a week to ameliorate the sufferings currently faced by the people as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy. In a statement he personally signed, Obaseki said: “In the wake of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government, fuel …

President Bola Tinubu has promised to review the minimum wage to align with the current economic realities of the country. According to him, the federal and state governments need to take a look at the minimum wage together and also strengthen the source and application of the country’s revenue. He made this known on Friday while meeting with the members …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should review the minimum wage of N30,000 currently obtainable in Nigeria. Ngige, who was a member of the committee that negotiated the present minimum wage in 2019 from N18,000 to N30,000, noted that the country’s minimum wage should be reviewed …