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May

2024

Minimum Wage: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike

(Minimum Wage): Labour Declares Nationwide Strike Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference in Labour House, Abuja. Ajaero said the strike would begin by midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Earlier on Friday, talks on minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour hit a brick wall when the government failed to shift grounds on the N60,000 it proposed during the last meeting. Recall that…

May

2024

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NLC Strike Looms As Minimum Wage Committee Meeting Postponed Indefinitely

Economy, Labour, News Flash

Strike Looms As Minimum Wage Committee Meeting Postponed Indefinitely The Tripartite committee on minimum wage has postponed its meeting “sine die”, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, sine die means a situation, “without any future date being designated (as for resumption): indefinitely.” Legal choices, a law website also describes sine die as a Latin word used when a law case has no fixed date for resumption. The Federal Government on Tuesday added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage making it the sum of N60,000 proposed…

May

2024

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CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members

CBN/Commercial Banking, Labour, News Flash

CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties. This is an addition to the long list of ongoing disengagements in the apex bank. This adds to the list of 117 staff sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The termination of appointments affects directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers and lower-ranking staff. Sources say those sacked are not less than 200. A staff member who could not disclose further details for fear of victimisation added that…

May

2024

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Labour Shifts Ground From N615,000, Proposed New Minimum Wage To FG

Abuja, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Labour Shifts Ground From N615,000, Proposed New Minimum Wage To FG Organised Labour on Wednesday reduced its demand for an improved new minimum from an initial N615,000 to N500,000 after an agreement could not be reached at the Tripartite Committee meeting on Tuesday. The Deputy President of Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, disclosed this in an exclusive phone chat with The PUNCH. Ndubuaku told The PUNCH that the labour team was compelled to reduce its demand to ensure the Federal Government meets up with the arrangement. Unfortunately, he expressed concern that despite their shifting ground, the FG…

May

2024

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FG Proposes New Minimum Wage

FGN, Labour, News Flash

FG proposes 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 following the proposed N48,000 as minimum wage by the Federal Government, our correspondent learned that the government has now upped it to N54,000. A highly reliable source within the meeting, which is currently ongoing, disclosed this to our correspondent in Abuja. “The Federal Government has now proposed the sum of N54,000,” the reliable source said. Though it is not clear whether Labour would accept this offer,…

May

2024

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Nationwide Strike Coming – ASUU

Labour, News Flash, Politics

Nationwide Strike Imminent – ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it would declare a nationwide strike anytime soon following the federal government’s refusal to meet its demands despite consistent appeals. Addressing reporters on Tuesday, May 21, during a news conference at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the coordinator of the Lagos zone of the union, Prof. Adelaja Odukoya, said the union was fast losing patience over the government’s ‘insensitivity’ to the plight of its members and that of the public universities. The conference was held at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, with all the union…

May

2024

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NLC, TUC Give FG May 31st Deadline For Electricity Tariff Hike Reversal

Labour, News Flash

NLC, TUC Give FG May 31 Deadline For Electricity Tariff Hike Reversal The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Monday gave the Federal Government a deadline of May 31, 2024, to reverse the hike in electricity tariff. The unions took the decision at the end of a jointly held National Executive Council meeting. “The NEC once again vehemently condemns the unilateral increase in electricity tariff by the authorities. This action, taken without due consideration for the economic hardships faced by the masses and the provisions of the Law, is deemed unjust and burdensome. The NEC reaffirms its demands…

May

2024

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ASUU Threatens Nationwide Strike, Gives Reasons

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

ASUU Threatens Nationwide Strike, Gives Reasons The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike. ASUU, the association of university lecturers in Nigeria, said the move to go on strike is to protest against the failure of the Nigerian government to appoint Governing Councils for Federal Universities. At an ongoing briefing at the ASUU national secretariat in Abuja, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, lamented the absence of governing councils in all federal universities in the country among other pending issues. He also said President Bola Tinubu’s administration had been given enough time to meet…

May

2024

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Workers As Agents Of Development And Transformation: Being Gov Otti’s Speech On May 1, 2024

Abia State, Good Governance, Labour, News Flash

Workers as Agents of Development and Transformation Being the Text of a Speech Delivered by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, During the 2024 Workers’ Day Celebration at the Umuahia Township Stadium on May 1, 2024 Protocols, It is with a great sense of pride that I welcome you dear comrades to this year’s Labour Day celebration, a day set aside globally to honour those who work with their hands and intellect to earn a living, and in so doing contribute in very significant ways to the development and transformation of their immediate communities and the world at large. Since 1890…

May

2024

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Welfare Of Our Workers Remains Priority – Gov Otti On 2024 May Day Celebration

Abia State, Good Governance, Labour, News Flash

WELFARE OF OUR WORKERS REMAINS PRIORITY - GOV OTTI ON 2024 MAY DAY CELEBRATION Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, says the welfare of Abia workers will continue to be a priority in the enactment and implementation of the state government policies. Governor Otti gave the assurance on Wednesday, while speaking at an event to mark the celebration of this year’s Workers' Day, at the Umuahia Township Stadium. The Governor, who titled his speech, 'Workers as Agents of Development and Transformation', said that Abia would take the lead in the implementation of the new minimum wage as soon as…