Labour

The federal government has called for a meeting of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC). The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 4. Read…
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Some passengers trying to board flights from Ibadan airport, Alakia to Abuja were, on Monday, stranded due to the nationwide strike embarked upon by Nigerian workers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the main entrance of…
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There is total compliance in Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi states as Organized Labour paralyzed activities to ensure enforcement of the nationwide strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who monitored the situation reported…
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said the indefinite strike announced by Nigeria’s foremost labour unions would not affect the conduct of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). “The…
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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,…
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The federal government has said the demand of the labour unions for the increase of the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N494,000 will jack up the total wages of federal workers alone to about N9.5 trillion yearly. The humongous…
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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has appealed to the organised labour to be considerate and patriotic in their demands in the ongoing negotiation for a new national minimum wage. Onyejeocha made…
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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…
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The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has refuted allegations suggesting the Nigerian federal government’s intention to utilize N20 trillion from the Pension Fund for infrastructure projects. In a press statement issued on Thursday in…
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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…
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