The Niger State government has said that its 2020 budget is based on the payment of the ₦30,000 minimum wage.
This is just as the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thumbed down the fiscal estimates describing it as “budget of nothingness and profound sleaziness”.
The state Commissioners for Planning, Alhaji Mamman Musa and that of Finance, Alhaji Zakari Abubakar, while giving the breakdown of the budget in Minna on Wednesday, said like other aspects of the budget, the implementation will commence once the fiscal estimates are passed by the House of Assembly and assented to by …
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it would hold a consultative meeting with chairmen of state branches of the congress on Wednesday in Abuja.
Although the union did not state the agenda of the meeting, THISDAY gathered that the NLC intends to assess the level of compliance by state governments on the implementation of the national minimum wage for their workers.
According to the notice of the meeting made available to THISDAY, it will have all state chairmen in attendance.
The states and the …
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has set up a joint negotiating committee on the implementation of new minimum wage.
A statement by Chief John Okiyi Kalu, Commissioner for Information, said the team headed by the Head of Service, was expected to conclude and submit its report to the governor by December 31.
Other members of the committee include Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Permanent Secretary/Executive Secretary, Planning Commission; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Permanent Secretary, Establishment/Pension who will serve as Secretary.
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Others are Permanent Secretary, Local …
Gombe has called on workers in the state to be calm and patient as the governor is working to setup a team that will engage labour leaders on the implementation of the new national minimum wage.
According to the head of civil service (HOS), Bappayo Yahaya, the matter will be concluded within the shortest possible time. He assured the workers that their welfare will be top in the priorities of governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s administration in state.
Speaking at the 2019 third triennial delegate conference of the Gombe state branch of Trade Union Congress (TUC), the HOS who represented
Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it is below the expectations of civil servants.
Dr Babajide Saheed, Chairman of the Guild, made the doctors’ decision known on Monday at a media briefing on the Scientific Conference scheduled to hold on Dec. 3 and 4 in Lagos.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Medical Guild is the association of doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government.
Saheed said that …
The Adamawa Government has commenced payment of ₦32,000 minimum wage to its workers.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that workers on grade level 01 to 07 who received their salaries with the minimum wage lauded Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri for keeping to his promise of implementing the minimum wage in November.
“We started receiving alert from Monday depending on the bank in which your salary account is domicile.
“This is really fresh air and I can assure you that all junior workers in the state are full of praises for the Adamawa governor,” said Mr Aminu Usman, a junior …
Bamgboye said any agreement reached with the labour unions will be made public through government recognised communication channels.
He assured public servants in the State that the outcome of
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has ordered the implementation of ₦30,000 new national Minimum Wage in the state.
The new wage takes effect from November, according to a statement by the Director Media and Communications, Solomon Kumangar.
The statement reads:
“Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has directed that payment of the new national minimum wage should commence from November, 2019.
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“This order covers state civil servants as well as local government employees.”
Governor Fintiri had promised to implement the new national Minimum Wage once the Federal Government concluded discussions on its consequential effect.
THE …
The organised labour has appealed to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage.
General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Emmanuel Ugboaja, made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists yesterday in Lagos.
According to Ugboaja, any governor who refuses to pay the minimum wage should be impeached.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had said governors would not pay beyond their individual capacities.
However, the NLC scribe said there was no basis for the governors to complain about payment of the …
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo issued the directive yesterday in Abuja that full payment of the new minimum wage to Nigerian workers takes effect from April 18, 2019.
The approval followed an earlier agreement between organised labour and the Federal Government on the consequential adjustments.
In the adjustments agreed upon by the labour stakeholders, workers on grade level 07 will henceforth receive a 23.2 per cent increase …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday vowed to enforce the total implementation of the new national minimum wage once the issue of consequential adjustments has been settled with the states.
Labour threatened that with the signing into law of the new minimum wage, any state that violated its provisions would be sued.
The president of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated the position of the workers during the opening of its 2019 national leadership retreat holding in Enugu, regretting that Nigerian workers were forced …
Fresh from the conclusion of minimum wage consequential adjustment negotiations with the federal government, the organised labour has begun warming up for a fresh battle with state governors over when they would begin to pay minimum wage to their workers.
While some labour leaders are optimistic that their governors would pay the minimum wage, others are not sure on the amount to be paid and when the payment would take off.
Although the organised labour and the federal government had earlier reached an agreement on October 31 as …
