Tag: 000 Minimum Wage
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NLC Backs N500,000 Minimum Wage Demands as Workers Give FG Sept. 30 Deadline
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Nigeria Labour Congress has thrown its weight behind demands by public sector workers for a N500,000 minimum wage, an immediate wage award and a reduction in petrol prices to N500 per litre. The demands were contained in a letter to President Bola Tinubu by the Trade Union Side of the Joint…
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Labour Rejects Proposed N100,000 Minimum Wage, Demands N1 Million Monthly Pay
By: Sunday Ameh The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed the proposed N100,000 national minimum wage being considered by state governors, describing it as grossly inadequate in view of the country’s prevailing economic realities. Speaking in an interview, NLC spokesperson, Benson Upah, said Nigerian workers deserve a significantly higher wage to cushion the effects of…