Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100 billion, warning that this was not the agreement they had with the government. Data obtained from the newly Revised 2023 Supplementary Budget, indicated that the government swapped the controversial N5 billion presidential yacht votes for Navy barges, …

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday, approved the payment of N25,000 for workers and N15,000 for pensioners as wage award in the state for the next six months. The PUNCH reports that workers had in October threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should the government fail to meet their demands for a wage increase, following the announcement of …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have thumbed down the N500 billion palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu, stating that it is grossly inadequate to assuage the hardships confronting workers sequel to the fuel subsidy removal. They are demanding a 300 per cent salary increase to enable workers to cope with the challenges imposed by …