The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to effect the payment of the N30,000 new national minimum wage on or before December 31, 2019. The FEC also approved that the payment of the new wage should take effect from April 18, 2019 The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris…
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The Federal Government and organised labour will today meet to discuss consequential increase in the salaries of workers as a result of the new minimum wage of N30,000. The meeting is coming after another meeting on Monday where labour submitted its preferred percentage on the consequential increase in workers’ salaries as a result of the…
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Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has stated that the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage for workers will begin in the state this month, October. He made this known during the celebration of 2019 World Teachers’ Day in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Saturday. The governor said the decision was made to motivate…
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The technical committee established to work on the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new national minimum wage has again failed to reach an agreement after the representatives of the Federal Government and labour rejected the proposed percentage increases in their meeting on Thursday. According to Punch, This came despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise that…
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The negotiation committee set up by the Federal Government to negotiate the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum wage has rejected what the government is offering. The committee, which was inaugurated on May 14, has also failed to meet the four-week deadline to submit its report. However, members met twice last week with…
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The newest Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde who was officially recognised as the number one citizen of the state on Wednesday after he took the oath of office alongside his deputy, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan, has made a declaration that the state cannot afford to pay its workers the N30,000 minimum wage issued by the…
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