President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Minimum Wage, Tosinadeda Media has reliably gathered. Sources in the State House revealed that the president assented to the bill today. Presidential adviser on National Assembly (Senate), Sen Ita Enang is being expected Read more
The House of Representatives has passed the National Minimum Wage Bill at N30,000 for workers in the country. The lawmakers passed the bill during Tuesday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. They approved the figure Read more
Governors of the 36 states of the federation under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have said states cannot afford to pay the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. The NGF chairman and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, told Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the National Minimum Wage Committee. The report was presented to President Buhari on Tuesday evening by the Chairperson of the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage, Ama People. The members of Read more
Leaders of the organised labour have failed to attend the meeting convened by the Federal Government to continue negotiations on the national minimum wage for workers in the country. However, the government continued the dialogue with the organised private sector Read more
The meeting between the Economic Management Team and State Governors over the new National Minimum Wage on Monday was deadlocked. The meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, could not reach a decision on Read more
The presidential candidates of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, on Friday morning attacked each other over plans for the national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Currently, Nigeria’s minimum wage is N18,000. The Read more
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has vowed to shut down the Lagos airport and other facilities in the state, following the organisation’s directive to commence a nationwide strike. The NLC Vice President, Amaechi Asugwuni, who was addressing journalists on Thursday, Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the National Minimum Wage Committee. The tripartite committee chaired by Ms. Ama People is saddled with the responsibility of negotiating a new National Minimum Wage for the Nigerian workers. Buhari inaugurated the 30-member committee Read more