The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s power grid by labour unions as the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begins. NLC and TUC commenced a nationwide industrial action on Monday in protest against the N60,000 minimum wage proposal of the…
Category: Labour
Senate President, Governors Summon Emergency Meeting With Labour Leaders Over Strike
In a bid to avert the planned nationwide strike, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the leadership of the Nigeria Governors Forum have invited the leadership of the Organized Labour for an emergency meeting Tonight, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent on Sunday Afternoon. “A meeting has been…
Minimum Wage: FG Pleads For Time As Indefinite Strike Begins Monday
The Federal Government has pleaded with Organised Labour to reconsider its decision to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, June 3, 2024, in protest against the government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The interest of the masses should be the top priority of Organised Labour,…
FG Proposes N54,000 As New Minimum Wage
Following the walkout by the Organised Labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress during the last meeting with the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage after the proposed N48,000 as minimum wage by the Federal Government, our correspondent learned that the government has now upped it…
Lagos Pays Sacked Water Cooperation Workers Compensation
The Lagos State Water Corporation has announced compensation for scores of workers disengaged from the organisation. The corporation revealed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Kehinde Fashola on Friday. This comes after the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Service Employees on Wednesday protested the…
Minimum Wage: We Are Working On What We Can Pay Sustainably – Govs
While the conversations for a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria rages on, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum says it is yet to conclude work on what the states can sustainably pay. A statement issued by the Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazag, noted that as members of the…
Your Worries Now Over, Living Wage To Be Announced Soon’ — Tinubu Tells Workers
President Bola Tinubu has announced that the Federal Government will soon unveil a new “living wage” for Nigerian workers. Tinubu made the announcement in a commemorative message during the International Workers’ Day celebration at the Eagle Square on Wednesday. The president hailed Nigerian workers for their fidelity to the peace,…
Workers’ Day: FG Declares Wednesday Work-Free
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared Wednesday, May 1 as a public holiday in commemoration of Workers’ Day. The holiday was announced by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Aishetu Ndayako, on Tuesday. Tunji-Ojo reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s…
Dangote Refinery Gets Valid Operating Licence Soon – FG
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, announced that it was set to issue a fully valid operating licence to the 650,000 barrels per day capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It announced this at the Stakeholders’ Consultation Forum on Midstream and Petroleum Host Community Development Trust Regulations organised by the Nigerian Midstream and…
Police Deploy Anti-riot Squad As NLC Holds Protests Today
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed anti-riot operatives in strategic locations ahead of today’s nationwide protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress over the economic crunch in the country. The force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explained on Monday that policemen had been placed on red alert. The Presidency and the police…