minimum wage

Minimum wage: No state will pay less than N30,000- Governors

Wants review of revenue sharing formula   The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has...

Bailouts: Governors reject N162m monthly repayment plan

    The governors under the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to extend...

Consequent payment of N30, 000 minimum wage ‘ll depend on States’ capacity- Governors

  Governors of the 36 states of the federation, under the body, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), have disclosed that consequential payment of the...

At last, FG, labour agree on minimum wage per cent increase

  After days of negotiations and marathon meetings, the Federal Government and the organised labour on Thursday evening reached an agreement over the...

Minimum wage: FG gets 2-week ultimatum as unions threaten strike

  The Federal Government has been given two weeks to implement the new minimum wage of N30, 000 or risk a nationwide strike....

FG, Labour talks on minimum wage end in deadlock as threat of strike rises

The Federal Government and the labour unions on Monday failed to reach an agreement on consequential adjustment on the N30,000 minimum wage. The...

When it comes to minimum wage, states not FG should own process –  Makinde, Gov-Elect

Oyo state Governor-Elect, Seyi Makinde, has said states in Nigeria ought to have been allowed to negotiate the minimum wage according to their...

President Buhari signs new minimum wage bill into law

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, signed the new minimu wage bill into law, granting the country’s workers a 67 percent increase in...

Buhari assures expeditious action on new minimum wage report

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that expeditious action will be taken on the report on the New National Minimum Wage. The Presidential Advisory Committee...

FG may increase VAT to fund new national minimum wage- Minister 

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, has said that the Federal Government is considering increasing Value Added Tax (VAT),...

Senate approves N30,000 minimum wage for workers

The Senate on Tuesday approved N30, 000 as the new national minimum wage with Senate President, Bukola Saraki, urging the Federal Government to...

Minimum Wage: Osinbajo, govs in crucial NEC meeting

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the National Economic Council, NEC, meant to deliberate on the new N30,000 minimum wage as...

Minimum wage: Lack of quorum halts governors meeting 

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) meeting meant to hold ahead of Thursday’s National Economic Council (NEC) over the N30,000 minimum wage, failed to...

Many States ‘will go bankrupt’, if we pay N30,000 minimum wage, Governor warns

With a hotly-anticipated N30,000 minimum wage decision looming, state governors are warning a staggering number of states are on the brink of financial disaster. ”...

Minimum wage: Government officials, labour meet again

Members of the tripartite committee set up to come up with a new national minimum wage for the country are currently meeting in...

Minimum wage: Nigeria Governors Forum agrees to pay N22,500 – Yari

The Nigeria Governors Forum have agreed to pay workers N22,500, minimum wage: The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Zamfara,  Abdul’aziz Yari,...