Adamawa State Governor-elect, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, has promised to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000 when approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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A Cross section of workers in Enugu State have urged the Federal Government to reduce security votes and cost of governance of political office holders to accommodate the new minimum wage.
Some civil servants in Kaduna State have hailed the approval of N30,000 minimum wage for workers in the country, but cautioned against raising the costs of goods and services due to the salary increase.
The Senate on Tuesday appointed Senate Deputy Majority Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, as Acting Chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Minimum Wage.
Olu Onemola, the Special Assistant on New Media to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that his was the first legislator who called for the minimum wage bill to be sent to the National Assembly on time so that it can be attended to before the commencement of the recess.
A group, Kwara Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability, has called on the people of the state not to trust Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on his promise to pay the N30,000 minimum wage to workers.
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday in Abuja pleaded for N30,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers in a public hearing on the bill.
As the National Assembly began public hearing on the new National Minimum Wage Bill, Nasir Kolawole-Olumoh, Kwara Chairman, Trade Union Congress, has condemned the disparity between Federal and States’ workers.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the N27,000 minimum wage approved by the Council of State, saying it is ready to engage the National Assembly on Monday over the N30,000 figure agreed on by the Tripartite Committee.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has promised to pay workers 100,000 as minimum wage if elected as the next president of the nation on February 16.
Labour is to shift its minimum wage struggle to the National Assembly, to lobby the lawmakers to approve N30,000 for workers, a top unionist announced on Wednesday.
Kwara civil servants on Wednesday advised traders in the state against inflating the prices of goods, in order to make the newly-announced minimum wage of between N27,000 and N30,000 meaningful.
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has appealed to the labour unions to accept the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage recommended by the National Council of State.
Federal government has finally agreed to pay N30,000 minimum wage for the federal workers.
Dr Hamza Soliu, a Lecturer in Economics Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, has urged the Federal Government to be transparent in the process with labour union on the implementation of minimum wage to avoid economic shut down in election year.
An economist, Titus Okuroumu, has urged state governments to be proactive in resolving the challenges militating against the proposed new national minimum wage.
With President Muhammadu Buhari about to roll out a new salary package for civil servants, an influential workers union has promised tough times for governors who may not pay the new salary structure.
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said President Muhammadu Buhari was never sincere with workers on the N30,000 minimum wage, describing Wednesday’s setting up an advisory technical committee on the as diversionary and plot to further deceive the workers.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Edo State chapter says it will boycott the 2019 general election if the N30,000 minimum wage bill was not transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Nigeria Labour Congress says it is set to hold a nationwide protest on Tuesday over the delay in transmitting the recommendations of the Tripartite Committee on a new National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly.