The Lagos State chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has condemned what it described as a ‘coordinated smear campaign’ by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos Chapter, aimed at discrediting the Acting Medical Director (MD) of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Olugbenga Owoeye. The TUC, at a press briefing held on Wednesday in Lagos, said the recent claims …

The remaining states yet to implement the N70,000 minimum wage for workers are making last-minute moves to ensure the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) does not embark on strike on Monday, 1 December, according to The PUNCH. The states yet to approve the monthly wage are Katsina, Cross River and Zamfara, after the Imo State Government sanctioned the implementation of the …

The executive Governor of Kwara State Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the new minimum wage of N70,000 as announced by the Federal Government of Nigeria, according to a state government’s statement released Saturday evening. A statement by the Honourable Commissioner for Finance Dr. Hauwa Nuru, said the approved wage will be implemented across the Kwara State public service, with immediate …

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the sum of N77,000 as the minimum wage for the lowest worker in the State, saying the payment of the package takes immediate effect. The decision was revealed after a meeting between Governor Abiodun, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, and the leadership of the Organised …

The Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria, on Thursday said it was not part of the planned national protest over hardships and hunger scheduled to take place on August 1. But TUC also said it was the constitutional right of any Nigeria that has any grievances to protest and advised the police and other security agencies not to intimidate those …

The Organised Labour still insists that the N250,000 benchmark remains the ideal minimum wage for workers in Nigeria, the President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, declared on Tuesday. Osifo also stated that TUC and the Nigeria Labour Congress were meeting with officials of the Federal Government to reach an agreement on the minimum wage. He disclosed this at the …

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 …

Last week, I published here the first part of “One year later, what value has President Tinubu added to our lives?” with a promise to publish part two here today. In the midst of that came a critical dimension to the lingering strike by Labour. With Labour still flexing muscles and the Government appearing reluctant to play ball; another nationwide …

The House of Representatives has accused organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) of feeding the public about what it described as “fake earnings” of its members. It said that the attempt was made to stoke public resentment against the lawmakers and undermine the credibility of the legislature. It warned that such acts could …

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 …