US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday raising the hourly wages of federal government contract workers to $15, a step towards fulfilling his campaign pledge to raise the minimum wage to the same level for all employees. The new order will require “federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds […]Read More
The Federal Government will, on Tuesday in Abuja, inaugurate the N30,000 new national minimum wage implementation committee, almost one month after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill into law. Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this while fielding questions on television concerning the time for payment of the new wage. Ngige did […]Read More
WORKERS joy knew no bound in some states yesterday as they got assurances of payment of the N30,000 minimum wage from governors. At rallies to mark the May Day, Edo, Adamawa, Ondo, Cross River, Zamfara, Oyo, Ebonyi, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Anambra governors said they would pay the wage. Outgoing Governors Mohammed Bindow (Adamawa), […]Read More
ABUJA-THE House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to probe the $27 billion oil revenue loss to international oil companies since 1999 till date. oil revenue The resolution was passed after the debate on the executive bill which seeks to increase Federal Government’s share of the revenue accruing from the oil trading. The Committee was given […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the N30,000 National Minimum Wage Bill into law, ending the anxiety caused by the delay. The presidential liaison officer stated that the payment of the N30,000 to workers would begin immediately. The former senator said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Minimum Wage Repeal and Enactment Act 2019. […]Read More
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill, 2019, into law, saying implementation takes immediate effect. The National Assembly had on March 27 transmitted the bill to the President for assent. Briefing State House correspondents, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, said: “You can […]Read More
Organised Labour has demanded the immediate signing of the N30,000 monthly National Minimum Wage Bill into law by the executive to put a smile on the faces of millions of Nigerians. Workers, under the aegis of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), said President Muhammadu Buhari must, […]Read More
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the new minimum wage bill. The NLC said since the National Assembly approved the new minimum wage of N30,000 and passed it to the President for his assent nothing had been heard about it. The union’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson […]Read More
The struggle for an N30,000 minimum wage for the least paid workers in Nigeria by organised labour appears to be nearing a joyous end as the National Assembly has transmitted a clean copy of the passed bill by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President Buhari This came as Medical and Health […]Read More
The Senate on Tuesday approved N30, 000 as the new national minimum wage with an appeal to the Federal Government to start the implementation immediately to prevent the organised labour from embarking on strike to demand payment. The acting Chairman of the Senate ad hoc committee on the National Minimum Wage Bill, Senator Francis Alimikhena, […]Read More
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