Millions of UK workers will still be left more than £1,000 a year short of a real living wage, despite the biggest cash boost in the minimum wage set by the government for more than a decade. The “national living wage” (NLW) is increasing from Monday from £10.42 to £11.44 …
Read More »NLC proposes N709,000 as minimum wage, TUC N447, 000
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has proposed N709,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. The Labour union proposed this at the ongoing public hearing on minimum wage in Abuja today March 7. At the public hearing, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) proposed N447, 000 for …
Read More »Labour Union explains why its demanding N400,000 per month as new minimum wage
The labour union has proposed a minimum wage of $300 (N436,500) for Nigerian workers ahead of negotiations on the new national minimum wage. Chairman, Trade Union Side, Joint Meeting of the National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Comrade Benjamin Anthony, made this proposal at the 2023 meetings of the …
Read More »Nasarawa doctors reject N10,000 wage award and ask Gov. Sule to pay their Hazard allowance
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the ₦10,000 wage award offered to civil servants by the state government as a palliative measure to mitigate the impact of the fuel subsidy removal. In a formal letter addressed to Governor Abdullahi Sule, dated October 30th, …
Read More »FG increases provisional wage increment to N35000; removes VAT on diesel for six months
President Bola Tinubu has approved an additional N10, 000 to the provisional wage increment he announced for workers earlier today, The wage increment which is to last for six months is part of the measures to cushion the effect of the economic hardship being experienced as a result of the …
Read More »False and misleading- Ministry of Labour debunks rumor President Tinubu plans to announce new minimum wage on Oct 1
The Ministry of Labour has described as false and misleading reports claiming President Bola Tinubu would announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers on Independence Day October 1. A statement released by Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour on Wednesday, September 28, …
Read More »Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale hints at civil servants getting double of minimum wage
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, has said that as part of measures to cushion the effect of subsidy removal on Nigerians, the Tinubu administration is working towards doubling the minimum wage of civil servants. Speaking on Channels TV, Ngelale said; …
Read More »Fuel subsidy removal: Gov Uzodinma increases minimum wage to N40, 000
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. The governor made this known while addressing members of the state executive council on Saturday, July 15. He said the current economic situation caused by the removal of fuel subsidy is …
Read More »Barcelona president Joan Laporta reveals that the club will continue to pay wage bill to Lionel Messi until 2025
Barcelona president, Joan Laporta has revealed that the club will continue to pay ‘outstanding payments’ to Lionel Messi until 2025. Messi, who spent the vast majority of his illustrious career at Barcelona, left in 2021 to join Paris Saint-Germain. Laporta has now revealed that Barcelona still owes the …
Read More »Raising the minimum wage of poor workers should come first before that of the elites holding public offices- Shehu Sani reacts to reports of President Tinubu and others receiving 114% increase in salary
Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to reports that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) will be increasing the salaries of politicians, judicial and public office holders, by 114 percent. RMAFC chairman, Muhammad Shehu, who was represented by Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, a federal commissioner, disclosed this during the presentation …
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