Minimum Wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has again, appealed to the Federal Government not to increase electricity tariff, following non- increment in workers’ wages.
Two years after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N30,000 national minimum wage into law, at least 10 state governors are reportedly yet to implement it.
Issued related to the partial implementation of N30, 000 minimum wage in Nasarawa state has triggered an industrial dispute between the government and the NLC.
The Ekiti state government has cut down the salaries of Governor Kayode Fayemi and his political appointees as well as that of the workers on GL 07 to GL 12.
The plan by the National Assembly to remove the issue of national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list has angered the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The organised labour and other groups in Nigeria have expressed dissent over the plans to remove minimum wage from the exclusive list by the National Assembly.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Thursday, March 11, said that the federal government's salary structure cannot be imposed on states for al civil servants.
Garba Datti says he is glad that his call for the decentralization of the minimum wage bill has stirred a national discussion regarding the welfare of workers.
Protesters made their way into the National Assembly premises to press home their demands over the minimum wage bill that seeks to empower state governors.
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