The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an increase in the state’s minimum wage to ₦150,000, citing the rising cost of living and recent wage hikes in Imo and Ebonyi States. The demand was made on Thursday by Lagos NLC Chairperson, Funmi Sesi, who referenced the wage adjustments in…
The Federal Government and the Labour Union have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the ₦70, 000 new minimum wage. According to a statement released on Friday by the Office of the Head of Public Service of the Federation and signed by Eno Olotu, Head of Information and Public Relations, the committee on public servant…
The organization has refuted a social media rumor claiming that National Youth Service Corps members’ bank accounts are being modified to reflect the N70,000 new national minimum salary. The Corps stated that it had not received any order from the appropriate authorities to begin paying Corps members the N70,000 minimum wage or to update their…
Labour unions in the country say they will schedule meetings with state governments as part of efforts to ensure that they comply with the 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill, which on Tuesday empowered Nigerian workers to earn at least N70,000 every month. The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed the 2024 National Minimum…
In order to continue the conversation over a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers, President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the leadership of Organised Labour. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday included a discussion of the new minimum wage, according to Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation. In order…
Former governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi has advocated for the decentralization of minimum wage talks in an effort to resolve the ongoing problem of the national minimum wage. This was said by Fayemi, who was also the governor’s forum chairman, on Channels Television’s Politics Today show on Friday. The question of the federal minimum…
The ₦62,000 government and private sector proposal and the ₦250,000 organized labour demand are expected to be decided upon by the President. Organized labour has received assurances from President Bola Tinubu that the National Assembly will soon consider an executive measure establishing a new national minimum wage for workers. On June 12, 2024, Tinubu announced…
According to President Tinubu’s remarks on Democracy Day, An executive law on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be brought to the National Assembly for passage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s remarks on the subject and advocated that N250,000 be the minimum salary. The Federal Government received…
