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Negotiation on New Minimum Wage, A Misplaced Priority – Group Tells FG, Labour Leaders

A group, The Democratic Movement (TDM), has called for the suspension of negotiation on new minimum for Nigerian workers, describing it as a misplaced priority. The group in a statement issued on Sunday, said what Nigerians need now is price control and not increment in workers’ salary as being demanded by leadership of organized labour….

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N7.9 bailout fund: Oyo APC tasks Makinde to fulfil promise of paying workers above N30,000 FG’s approved minimum wage

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Oyo State have tasked the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde to live up to his campaign promises especially now he had received the bailout of N7.9billion from the Federal Government. Speaking today at the party Secretariat in the aftermath of a successful inauguration of the National Assembly which…

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PDP governors agree to pay N30,000 new minimum wage (Read details)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have expressed their readiness to pay the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, disclosed while speaking with newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting which ended in the early hours of…

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My minimum wage will surpass FG’s approved N30,000, says Gov. Seyi Makinde

The new governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Thursday assured civil servants in the state that he will pay more than Federal Government’s approved N30,000. Makinde stated this at an inter-religious prayer organized to ushered in the new administration in the state at the state Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The new governor added that…

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Workers to receive new minimum wage from April 18, says Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, over the weekend said the new minimum wage will take effect from April 18, 2019, when it was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. It would recalled that the Federal Government on May 14, 2019 inaugurated a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustment in salaries…

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Seyi Makinde kicks as Ajimobi agrees to pay Oyo workers N30,000 new minimum wage

The out-going Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has agreed to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage while the governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday revealed that the state cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Makinde, he intends to negotiate with the…

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Worker’s Day: Akeredolu agrees to pay Ondo workers N30,000 new minimum wage

As workers in the country mark the 2019 May Day, the Ondo state governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has promised to pay N30,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state. Akeredolu who gave the assurance on Wednesday at the 2019 workers day celebration in Akure, Ondo state capital, said that paying the N30,000 new minimum…

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President Buhari signs N30,000 new minimum wage

•president Muhammadu Buhari signing a law President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the new minimum wage bill Special Adviser to the president on National Assembly, Ita Enang, told journalists that the president has signed the minimum wage bill into law today The bill, which has now become a law, will usher in a new pay structure…

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