Ngige dares labour, inaugurates NSITF board without Kokori
Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has inaugurated the board and management of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund(NSITF) but with Prince Austin Enajemo-Isire as the chairman against…
May Day: Labour demands quick payment of new minimum wage
The Organised Labour has called on the Federal Government to quickly finalise the salary adjustment and implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country. Mr Ayuba…
Deadlock as Buhari meets governors over N30,000 minimum wage
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with representatives of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the disagreement between the organised labour and state governors on the proposed N30,000…
No more strike; FG, Labour reach deal; new minimum wage figure to be released today
Labour leaders, who have called off a planned nationwide strike, have agreed a new national minimum wage at the end of negotiations with a Tripartite Committee, set up by the…
Labour absent at minimum wage meeting; logjam may be resolved today
Members of the Organised Labour on Sunday shunned the reconciliatory meeting with the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the N30, 000 new National Minimum Wage for workers in the…
Labour suspends strike, workers to resume Tuesday
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called off the warning strike. The NLC President Ayuba Wabba disclosed this on Sunday, citing a firm commitment by the Federal Government to reconvene the…
Presidency steps up efforts to convince labour to suspend strike
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu on Friday met with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba, as part of efforts to convince organised labour to call off its…
Minimum wage: NLC optimistic of payment before end of 2018
Mr Peter Ozo-Esan, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured Nigerians workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum wage before the end of 2018. Ozo-Esan gave this assurance…
NLC in Nasarawa believes Al-Makura will pay new minimum wage
Abdullahi Adeka, the Chairman of Nasarawa State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has expressed optimism that Governor Umaru Al-Makura would implement the new minimum wage as soon as it…
Workers’ Day: Buhari says the worst is over; no going back on N66,500 minimum wage – Labour
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gave the assurance that the economic and social problems plaguing the country had had their turn declaring that the worst was over for the country….