The Federal Government has declared Thursday a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers’ Day, celebrated annually on May 1.
The Trade Union Congress has shown solidarity with a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, who claimed to have received threats for criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s administration. TUC President Festus Osifo made this known while featuring on an issue-based programme, where he noted that the corps member spoke out […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given state governments an ultimatum of December 1, 2024, to implement the new minimum wage.
The President said this at a dinner to mark Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken Democracy in Abuja. Tinubu thanked those who stood by him over the years, promising Nigerians that he won’t depart from the tenets of democratic governance. The President also pledged to bring down the prices of food items by tackling the menace […]
Labour insisted on ₦250,000, its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage , as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. NLC Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, who spoke with journalists on a television programme, insisted that labour would not accept the latest government’s offer of ₦62,000 and […]
Recall that the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement issued by the Director of Media and Public Affairs for NGF, Halimah Ahmed, the governors said the proposed minimum wage was too high and not sustainable. The governors said if the […]
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this in Abuja after a Federal Government delegation on the new minimum wage met with the President. The FG delegation includes Idris; Edun; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Labour Minister Nkiruka Onyejeocha; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Chief of […]
The Centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. Report has it that after a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage. The organised labour […]
While the National Assembly had stepped in at the last minute to avoid the industrial action declared on Friday, the discussions ended in a stalemate, leading to the commencement of the strike. The industrial action has affected businesses and critical services across the country including schools, hospitals, and power supply as workers complied with the […]
At briefing, leaders of NLC and TUC pleaded with Nigerians to bear with them, saying “Apologies for inconveniences but commitment to pursue the cause to its conclusion.” Recall that there had been report that Organised Labour under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, might […]