The Organised Labour has kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage. The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, who criticised the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, said…
President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. The President also directed that the supervisors and department heads of the culprits must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch. Tinubu’ gave the directive on…
The Organised Labour has said it will not accept any N62,000 or N100,000 “starvation wage” as the minimum wage for Nigerian workers. It insisted on N250,000, being its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Friday, as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. This was made…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two Public Affairs Analysts have suggested 100, 000 naira to the federal government as the new minimum wage for workers. The analysts, Dr Yemi Farounbi and Hon. Femi Adebisi’s suggestion followed yesterday’s proposal of 62,000 naira as the minimum wage after a meeting by the tripartite committee. They said this while featuring…
Members of the organised labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), today carpeted the 36 governors for saying they couldn’t afford N60,000 minimum wage. The two labour leaders described the governors’ comment and actions towards the Nigerian workers as act of wickedness, while calling on them to have…
After two days of waiting, the negotiations over the national minimum wage hit another brick wall yesterday. At the end of yesterday’s meeting, the Federal Government negotiating team raised its offer by N2,000 bringing its total minimum wage offer to N62,000 while the Organised Labour reduced its demand to N250,000 from N494,000. The state governors…
By Adebayo Yusuf The National President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Comrade Ambali Olatunji has called on government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to support local government autonomy. Comrade Olatunji made this known while addressing newsmen at the southwest zonal headquarters of the union in Ibadan. Comrade Olatunji, who was represented…
The presidency has said the organised labour should be thankful that Nigeria is not in a military regime, stressing that their demands are unrealistic. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, said the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, enjoy much freedom because Nigeria is not under a military regime….
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have suspended the nationwide strike. This is to give room for uninterrupted meetings with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. This was confirmed by TUC chairman, Festus Osifo on Tuesday. Labour leaders had a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has insisted they would go ahead with the strike today, while negotiations on their demands could continue. The congress, in a post on X, said the industrial action which has grounded the nation’s economy will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where all…