The Organised Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have given reasons why they accepted ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage. This is coming in after much deliberations between the unions and the Federal Government. Reacting on Thursday on why they accepted the ₦70,000 as against the ₦250,000…
STOP KILLING THE PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMY The hike in tariff by DISCOs from N206.80 to N209.5 (with effect from July 1) for the so-called band ‘A’ customers represents the height of impunity and arrogance and will certainly put more companies out of business as well as create more difficulties for consumers. This increment has…
I had hoped to avoid revisiting the minimum wage issue but the government’s persistent antics and labour leaders’ disappointing gullibility have forced me to speak out again. As I previously argued in my articles, labour leaders made a grave mistake by suspending the industrial action without achieving any concrete gains. They succumbed to government manipulation,…
The Organised Labour on Monday said it won’t accept ₦100,000 Starvation Wage as the new minimum wage proposed by some individuals and economists. This was disclosed by Chris Onyeka, Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief show. Onyeka said the workers are insisting on the ₦250,000 they…
The Organised Labour has stepped down their proposals of the monthly national minimum wage to N250,000. The Government and the Organised Private Sector have also stepped up their proposals to N62,000 monthly. This comes after a Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage meeting held on Friday night, 7th June 2024. Recall that the Organised Labour had…
