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Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage meets on Tuesday

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Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage meets on Tuesday

Bode June 4, 2024

The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (TCNMW), has said it would hold its 8th meeting on June 4 to continue negotiations. A member and Secretary of the committee, Mr Ekpo Nta, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to Nta, I respectfully invite you...

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, (2nd Left) Minister of State for Labour, Mrs Nkiruka Onyejiocha (1st Left) and the Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga (3rd Left) during the news conference on Monday in Abuja.

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FG begs Labour to call off strike, return to negotiating table

Bode June 4, 2024

The Federal Government has appealed to the NLC and TUC to call off the ongoing strike and return to negotiation table to arrive at befitting minimum wage for workers. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made the appeal at a news conference on...

Minimum Wage: FG shifts ground on N60,000

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Minimum Wage: FG shifts ground on N60,000

Bode June 4, 2024

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...

Striking workers shut down Abuja airport

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Striking workers shut down Abuja airport

Bode June 4, 2024

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...

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Army refutes NLC‘s claim of soldiers surrounding meeting venue with FG

Bode June 3, 2024

The Nigerian Army has refuted the claim by organised labour that soldiers have surrounded the venue of the ongoing negotiation meeting on the new minimum wage for workers. The leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently meeting with the federal government representatives...

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Industrial action: FG invites Labour for emergency meeting Tuesday

Bode June 3, 2024

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...

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Minimum wage: Strike paralyses activities in Bauchi, Borno, Yobe

Bode June 3, 2024

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...

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Nationwide blackout as Organized Labour shuts down national grid

Bode June 3, 2024

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide. The national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 am on 3rd June 2024. Recall that a last minute attempt by National Assembly leadership to stop the protest...

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Strike not an option, will exacerbate hardship — LP tells labour

Bode June 3, 2024

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...

FILES: Labour leaders Festus Osifo (second left) and Joe Ajaero (second right) at the 2024 Workers’ Day in Abuja

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No going back on strike, says labour after last-minute talks with National Assembly leadership

Bode June 3, 2024

After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3, 2024. “For now, we don’t have the power...

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Strike: National Assembly leadership, SGF, NLC, Ministers in crucial meeting

Bode June 3, 2024

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...

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Strike: WAEC begs NLC, TUC to consider candidates

Bode June 3, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to the organised labour to consider students sitting for West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, as it plans an indefinite strike. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, made the appeal in an interview with the News...

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Strike :Senate urges FG to continue payment of N35,000 wage award

Bode June 3, 2024

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...

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Construction workers threaten strike over sack of 30,000 workers

Bode June 1, 2024

The Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association (CCESSA) and National Union of Civil Engineering Construction Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW), have threatened to stop work on major roads due to some crises. The unions affiliated to the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria...

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NLC, TUC declare strike over new minimum wage, electricity tariff hike

Bode May 31, 2024

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The President of the TUC Festus Osifo announced the strike...

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Labour shifts to ₦497,000, rejects FG’s fresh ₦57,000 wage proposal

Bode May 23, 2024

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....

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Labour rejects FG’s fresh ₦54,000 minimum wage offer, says it’s unsubstantial

Bode May 22, 2024

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...

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Minimum Wage: We stand on May 31 ultimatum – Labour

Bode May 21, 2024

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...

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Minimum wage: Labour agrees to attend Tuesday talks

Bode May 20, 2024

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....

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N19.6trn Pension Fund: Labour opposes FG’s plans to undermine retirement savings

Bode May 17, 2024

The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s plan to utilise the N19.66 trillion pension funds for infrastructure development. This is contained in a joint letter signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which was addressed to the Minister of Finance...