Labour’s position is coming against the backdrop of the information from the Presidency and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that President Buhari, contrary to media reports, was yet to approve the proposal of the Ama People-led tripartite committee for the least paid worker to earn N30,000.
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President Buhari made the appeal on Monday when he received members of the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria, led by Ambassador Oladapo Fafowora, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Muslim Rights Concern, a rights group, on Monday, urged the Organised Labour to shelve its proposed nationwide strike as it would be detrimental to the masses.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said conciliation on the National Minimum Wage will continue despite the injunction of the National Industrial Court restraining organized labour from embarking on strike.
The National Association of the Nigerian Students has pledged its support for the Organised Labour on the N30, 000 new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.
The organised labour on Friday said that there was no going back on the November 6 proposed strike over non-implementation of N30,000 minimum wage.
Zenith Labour Party on Wednesday expressed support for Organised Labour in its demand for N30,000 minimum wage.
The Nigeria Labour Congress says Nigerian workers are the least paid in Africa, citing an analysis of the wages of most African countries.
Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress, said this at a protest rally tagged: ‘National Day of Mourning and Outrage’ organised by NLC, Trade Union Congress and the United Labour Congress on Tuesday in Abuja.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the call when he received the new Director-General of Nigeria Employers Consultative, Timothy Olawale, on a visit to his office on Friday in Abuja.
The Organised Labour says it will meet on Thursday to take final decision on the new National Minimum Wage for workers, following the delay by the Federal Government to announce its figure.
The Organised Labour has insisted that the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage has concluded its assignment for onward submission to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kwara Government on Friday said that the 58th Independence Anniversary celebration would be low-keyed in the state as a result of the ongoing strike by the organised labour.
The Organised Labour has called on workers from all sectors of the economy to comply with the seven days nationwide warning strike over refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the negotiation on Minimum Wage.
The Kaduna State Chapter of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria says it has mobilised its members to join Thursday’s nationwide strike over minimum wage called by organised labour.
The Organised Labour has given the Federal Government an ultimatum of 14 days to conclude deliberations on the new National Minimum Wage.
Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Ahmad Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, had alleged that the teachers’ gathering was illegal and that they were hired to carry out a protest against President Goodluck Jonathan