A renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi says Federal Government and the Organised Labour should take advantage of the new minimum wage negotiation to move Nigeria down the path of thrift and production. Utomi, Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) and 2007 Presidential Candidate of the African...
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The Domestic Airports Cargo Agents Association (DACAA) has estimated that Nigeria lost about N7 billion during the two-day workers’ nationwide strike. The strike was embarked on by Nigerian workers under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Monday and Tuesday. ...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Wale Edu, has said “there is no cause for alarm” on the ongoing negotiations between the Organised Labour and the Tripartite Committee on the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The minister made this known after he met with...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite actions to address the request of Nigerian workers within the seven-day window for renegotiation on new minimum wage. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya, made this plea in an interview with...
The House of Representatives has demanded a living wage for Nigerian workers rather than the Federal Government’s proposed minimum wage. The lawmakers, however, differed on the approach adopted by organised labour during the two-day strike by shutting down the national grid and closing the nation’s airports and health...
The Organised Labour has relaxed the indefinite nationwide strike declared on Monday, for one-week, to allow continuation of negotiations The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) made this known in a communique issued at the end of a joint National Executive Council meeting on...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff – for one week. The TUC president Festus Osifo confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday...
The Federal Government says, in the national interest, it is ready to offer higher than N60,000 national minimum wage it earlier proposed to the tripartite committee deliberating on the issue. The government decision was disclosed at a meeting of the committee convened Monday night by the Secretary to...
Aviation activities were shut down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja on Monday following the nationwide strike declared by organised labour over minimum wage. Chairman of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), Abuja chapter, Mr Samuel Wuyep, confirmed this to News Agency of...
In a bid to stop the ongoing strike by organized labour, the Federal Government, through the National Salaries Wages and Income Commission, has extended an invitation to the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). However, it is not yet clear if the Labour...
Workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and...
The Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has urged workers’ unions to re-negotiate with the government on new minimum wage rather than embarking on industrial action. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, locked the entrance of the secretariat in compliance with infinite industrial action embarked by the labour union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress...
The leadership of the National Assembly and Organised Labour made up of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Trade Union Congress (TUC), are currently in a crucial meeting ostensibly to forestall a nationwide strike on Monday. Also in attendance are some ministers and the Secretary to the Government of...
Senate has urged the Federal Government to continue the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers, following the yet to be concluded negotiations on minimum wage. President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio said this at the end of a four hour closed door meeting with leadership of the Nigeria...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to renege on his promise to give Nigerian workers a living wage. Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday....
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a...
The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour...
The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the ”negotiation” meeting of Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Etim Okon, gave the confirmation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja....