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The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, says the federal government will reconstitute a new committee to begin fresh negotiations for full implementation of the new national minimum wage.

The federal government and Nigerian labour leaders have scheduled a meeting for Friday, September 27, to address the stalemate over the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage.

Ngige while receiving an award from the college of medicine, the University of Nigeria Nsukka at the weekend said Nigeria may explode sooner if unemployment in the country is not tackled urgently.

The organised labour and the federal government have been in conflict over the implementation of the new minimum wage which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 18.

Madam Comfort Oke is an 80-year-old politician who lives under the Iponri bridge at Constain in Lagos state. The homeless old woman shared her story with Legit.ng and appealed to Nigerians for help.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has enjoined the National Assembly to ensure they approve N30,000 monthly National Minimum Wage as agreed by Tripartite Committee, through a democratic process.

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday, January 14, promised to pay N30,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state. Emmanuel gave the assurance during consultation with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Dr Mike Omotosho who is the Labour Party (LP) chairman has distanced the party from the coalition of political parties which recently came together in an attempt to oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.

The secretary of the FCT council of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Rafat Salami, has called on the federal government to declare state of emergency on the media industry in order to check the maltreatment of journalists.
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