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Obiano Announces Payment Of New Minimum Wage In Anambra

January 24, 2020 2:38 pm

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced that he will pay the new minimum wage, starting from Jan. 26.

Obiano made the declaration while inspecting the 5.3Km Eziowelle-Umunnachi-Afor Igwe roads in Idemili South and Dunukofia local government areas.

According to him, the new minimum wage implementation will improve socio-economic status of the state and boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

He stressed that the economic importance of the implementation of the new minimum wage, pointing out that improved welfare of workers was top priority of his administration.

Gov. Obiano, while inspecting the Eziowelle-Umunnachi-Afor Igwe roads, currently under …

Uzodinma Speaks On Payment Of New Minimum Wage

January 22, 2020 4:22 pm
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has assured workers in the state of his readiness to pay the new national minimum wage of ₦30,000.

The governor gave the assurance in a maiden state wide broadcast in Owerri on Wednesday.

Uzodinma, who thanked workers for their patience and support, however, said that the time had come to give them a voice among their contemporaries in other states.

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He said that payment of the new minimum wage would commence with the completion of negotiations with labour leaders in the state.

He added

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Minimum Wage: Govt Begins Payment January

January 15, 2020 4:15 am
The Niger State Government will commence the payment of the new National Minimum Wage this January.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello made this disclosure on Tuesday when he received Chairmen of the 25 Local Government Areas.

He said that a committee has been set up already and considerable progress has been made in an ongoing negotiation to begin the implementation of the new minimum wage.

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“At the moment, our top priority is to address those that have been affected directly by the minimum wage and what it means is,

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Bayelsa: Gov. Dickson Orders Payment Of New Minimum Wage

January 11, 2020 1:13 pm
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the payment of the ₦30,000 new National Minimum Wage to workers in the state with effect from January 2020.

Governor Dickson gave the approval on Friday during a meeting with the leadership of organised labour at the Government House, Yenagoa.

The governor directed the State’s financial team to follow through the template set by the National Wages and Income Commission in implementing the new salary level.

He explained that the meeting was convened to enable the state government and the labour unions jointly work out the modalities for the payment of the

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Ayade

Gov. Ayade Inaugurates Minimum Wage Negotiation Team

January 10, 2020 2:53 pm
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, on Friday, inaugurated the state public service negotiating team for the implementation of the new minimum wage.

The inauguration, which took place at the Conference Room of the deputy governor, Governor’s Office, Calabar, was performed by the deputy governor, Professor Ivara Esu, who represented the governor.

Ayade expressed the willingness of his administration to pay the new minimum wage of N30, 000.

He said, “We are only here to negotiate the consequential adjustments that will affect salaries from Grade levels 7 to 17. In doing that, we carefully selected this team of

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Labour Union Reveals Next Action Over New Minimum Wage

January 10, 2020 6:37 am
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has directed state councils of the union to commence mobilisation of their members immediately, should state governments failed to implement the new minimum wage by the end of January 2020.

TUC President, Mr Quadri Olaleye and Secretary-General, Mr Musa Lawal, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at the end of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

“NEC-in-session commends the Federal Government for the eventual completion of negotiation with respect to the consequential adjustments and commencement of payment of the new National Minimum Wage to Federal workers.

“The congress, however, advises all

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Minimum Wage: Govt, NLC Agree On Payment Commencement

January 1, 2020 1:31 pm
The Katsina State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have reached agreement on the payment of the new national minimum wage, with its salary consequential adjustments to public workers in the state.

Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, Secretary to the state government and state NLC Chairman, Mr Hussaini Hamisu, reached the agreement according to a joint statement signed in Katsina.

NAN reports that both officials said that the implementation of the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments of salaries would commence January, 2020.

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According to them, the increase represents the

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Bauchi Govt Approves Payment Of New Minimum Wage

January 1, 2020 5:27 am
The Bauchi State Government has approved the payment of ₦30,000 new minimum wage for employees in the state.

This is contained in a statement issued by Alhaji Mohammed Baba, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) to newsmen in on Wednesday in Bauchi.

According to the statement, the approval is with ‘immediate effect’ (commencing from January 1, 2020).

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The statement reads: “The Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Sen. Bala Mohammad, has received the report of the committee of the state Joint Public Service Council on the implementation of the National

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Removing Minimum Wage Will Enslave Workers – NLC, TUC

New Minimum Wage: Labour Gives December 31 Deadline

December 28, 2019 7:27 am
Organized Labour has said it was ready to go to war with any governor that fails to implement the ₦30,000 minimum wage by December 31, 2019.

Six months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the New Minimum Wage Act into law.

However, only five states – Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Adamawa and Jigawa – have commenced implementation and payment of the new wage so far.

The Secretary-General of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has now said any governor that fails to implement or show commitment before the Tuesday deadline, would be deemed to have declared war against labour.

He told newsmen

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Nigerian Govs State Final Position On ₦30,000 Minimum Wage

December 19, 2019 1:42 pm

Governors of the 36 States in Nigeria have declared that decision to pay the ₦30,000 minimum monthly wage.

Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi, spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday at the forum secretariat.

“Governors have all indicated without any equivocation that we subscribe to the Act of Parliament that has been passed on the 30,000 minimum wage. There is no debate, we have accepted that”, Fayemi said.

“The negotiation team you are talking about is about the consequential impact and each state has started that process.

“If the NLC is not fully aware …

New Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Threatens Govt With Strike

December 18, 2019 12:21 pm

The organised Labour in Kwara State has threatened to embark on industrial action if the state government fails to implement the ₦30,000 new minimum wage.

The labour union comprising of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, issued the threat during an emergency meeting held at the Labour House in Ilorin, the state capital, yesterday.

NLC and TUC explained that the state Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has refused to constitute a minimum wage committee despite efforts to convince him, hence the threat to embark on strike.

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NLC

Only 5 States Paying ₦30,000 Minimum Wage – NLC

December 13, 2019 11:21 am

Workers losing patience over minimum wage implementation process, IPAC tells Nigerian govt

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has disclosed that only five states have started implementing the new national minimum wage, eight months after passage into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a communiqué issued at the end of its one-day stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, the labour union listed Lagos, Kaduna, Kebbi, Adamawa and Jigawa states as those paying their workers the new salary package.

The communiqué was signed by the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and National Chairperson, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (Trade Union), …

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