Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination...
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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that he cleared N11 billion salary arrears he inherited from his predecessor, and restored the morale and stability of the workforce. Mutfwang, who stated this at the Workers’ Day celebration on Wednesday in Jos, said that he inherited a civil service on...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has assured workers that his administration will not delay in implementing the new minimum wage. Makinde gave the assurance on Wednesday in his address at the 2024 May Day celebrations, held at Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan. The governor, who was represented by...
The Enugu State Government says its target this year is to pay salaries from the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) rather than relying on allocation from the Federal Government. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Chidiebere Onyia made the disclosure at the 49th Annual Synod of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu, has submitted a proposal to the Senate on the salaries and allowances for judicial office holders in the country. This is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Wednesday. “Transmission of judicial...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Association Academic Technologists (NAAT) University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Branch has joined the nation wide strike embarked upon as a solidarity industrial action to press home its demands. Addressing members of the association and journalists at press conference and rally held at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has said it would commence a 3-day warning strike on March 20, over non-payment of four months withheld salaries. President of NAAT, Mr Ibeji Nwokoma, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Minister of State for...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently pay four months withheld salaries of its members. SSANU Chairman, Federal University Lokoja, Mr Adedeji Suarau, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja that the Federal Government had...
The Kogi State Government has stopped payment of salaries of 231 workers in the State Civil Service for alleged failure to comply with the government directive to update their records. The state’s Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Hannah Odiyo, made this known on Wednesday in Lokoja at...
As the world celebrates Christmas on Monday, some Nigerian civil servants have urged the Federal Government to pay arrears of the N35,000 wage award it promised workers. The civil servants, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews, also advised the Federal Government to...
Some federal workers have urged the Federal Government to speedily repair the refineries in the country to mitigate the high cost of living following the removal of fuel subsidy. In a survey conducted among some federal workers in Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states by the News Agency of...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports alleging that it is owing its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, made clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday....
To reduce the biting effect of inflation caused primarily by the removal of subsidies from petrol, Nigerian banks have adjusted their employees’ salaries and wages, thus prioritising the welfare of their workforce. Recently, Wema Bank raised the salaries of its employees to alleviate the brutal effect of fuel...
The President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife Chapter, Dr Anthony Anuforo, has assured the citizenry that immediately the Federal Government pays members’ salaries, their current strike would be called off. Anuforo gave the assurance in an interview with the News...
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to align the salaries of judges in Nigeria with that of Senators. Ajulo said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja while sympathising with the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Adeyeye who was directly affected during...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has been issued 2-week ultimatum to implement the 200% increment in the salary structure for resident doctors in the country. The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) gave the ultimatum in a communique was co-signed by its President,...
The Kano State Government has ordered the suspension of salaries of 10,000 workers employed by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration, pending investigations. Mr Abdulkadir Abdulsalam., The Accountant General of the state, made this known to newsmen in Kano on Monday. Abdulsalam said the affected staff were employed at...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federal, Mr Boss Mustapha, says the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is committed to improving the minimum wage of workers to boost productivity. Mustapha, who was the special guest of honour at the inauguration of Hassan Sumonu’ Court, said this in Abuja on Monday....
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lecturers have been paid full salaries for the month of November by the Federal Government. However, the lectures’ eight-month arrears remain withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview...