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President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says he hopes that the new minimum wage will spur Nigerians to work harder. Saraki in a goodwill message to mark the 2019 Workers’ Day celebration, also commended the leadership and.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2IVs2f0 Get...

The Presidency said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had yet to sign the National Minimum Wage Bill just passed by the National Assembly into law, contrary to reports last week that he had done so..... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2G0xTvR Get More Nigeria...

The Presidency has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to sign the new N30,000 minimum wage bill. This is coming after reports had it last week that the president had signed the..... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2FZ9qIo Get More Nigeria Political News

The national leader of Nigeria’s ruling party has opposed the federal government’s plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT). He said an increase in VAT will reduce the purchasing power of Nigerian consumers and is capable of increasing hardship in the country..... Read more via Premium...

Nigeria’s influential employers union has warned the Federal Government not to go ahead with a proposal to increase the Value-Added Tax (VAT) charged in the country.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JE5sJc Get More Nigeria Metro News

The United States has lambasted Nigeria over its inability to increase minimum wage for workers. This is contained in a recent report titled, “2018 Country Reports on Human Rights..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2ufwRqj Get More Nigeria Metro News

President, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, on Thursday, said he was hopeful that the Senate would concur with the House of Representatives for quick passage of the Minimum Wage Bill..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2DYrl0H Get More Nigeria Metro News

Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) has blamed delay in consideration and passage of the 2019 Budget of N8.83 trillion on the Senate leadership. Ndume told newsmen in an interview on Wednesday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers were.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

The National Council of State has decided that the national minimum wage for states and the private sector should be N27,000, and agreed also that N30,000 should be minimum wage for federal workers.... Read more via Naijaloaded – http://bit.ly/2S2UHCW Get More Nigeria Political News

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said that the issue of the minimum wage is a work in progress. He stated this to journalists in Abuja, after the..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2CwYFdc Get More Nigeria Political News

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has tasked the Technical Committee on the Implementation of a new Minimum Wage inaugurated last Wednesday by..... Read more via Nairametrics – http://bit.ly/2Fq319Z Get more: Nigeria Business News

Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa, on Wednesday promised to pay N30, 000 minimum wage to workers if the National Minimum Wage Bill is passed into law..... Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2sigdFe Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly vowed to slash down the salaries of all those earning above the minimum wage in Nigeria..... Read more via 360Nobs.com – http://bit.ly/2CWoxk8 Get More Nigeria Political News

The Federal Government and leadership of the organised labour are currently meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja over the minimum wage issue.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Tty0Vt Get More Nigeria Political News

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja appealed to the organised labour to allow his administration concentrate on its efforts to fix infrastructure in the country and avoid distracting it..... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2CMAKIj Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Federal Government has enjoined the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to discard the December 31, 2018, ultimatum issued over lingering disagreement between organised labour and state governments on the proposed N30,000 national minimum wage...... Read more via The Trent Newspaper –...

Two months after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) suspended its four-day strike, the union says it will embark on a day of national protest. The NLC has been at loggerheads with the federal government over a new minimum wage..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2Se61Jq...

Reports have emerged that Local council workers in Zamfara are the worst paid in the country with a minimum wage of N6,000, which is just barely 30% of the current national minimum wage..... Read more via YNaija – https://ift.tt/2rjco27 Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari has been called out by the NLC over his refusal to send the proposed new minimum wage proposal to the National Assembly. The Nigeria Labour Congress has described the Federal Government’s silence on the N30,000 minimum wage proposal as provocative stressing that it...

Ibrahim Khaleel, National President Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has revealed that a state in Nigeria pays N6,000 as minimum wage. Zamfara state map Local government workers in Zamfara state are the worst paid in Nigeria as they are.... Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA...