Nigeria and May Day in the Centenary of the ILO
By Owei Lakemfa The 2019 May Day is on today. May Day is both a distress call and a battle cry by workers. This year’s commemoration also marks the centenary of the International Labour Organisation…
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Okowa at May Day presents car to honest civil servant who returned N53m paid to him in error
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa today at the May Day celebration in Asaba, Delta State singled out a civil servant, Mr. Benson Ekotor for commendation and honour for displaying honesty when he returned to the coffers…
Buhari signs N30,000 minimum wage Bill into law
By Chijioke Okoronkwo President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the new 30,000 minimum wage bill into law. Buhari signed the new bill into law at the State House in Abuja, saying it was a testimony…
Service delivery: Ogidi-Gbegbaje calls for adequate sensitization of civil servants on digitization of management process
Mr. Ogidi-Gbegbaje. The importance of sensitizing civil servants adequately on the upgrade and efficient use of the Information and management systems – the System Application Products (SAP) – project for effective service delivery has been defined.…
Buhari receives report on implementation of N30,000 Minimum Wage
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari today, Monday, 25/3/2019 received the report of the Technical Advisory Committee on the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari had on…
Prosecution, defence witnesses now to earn claims in Delta
Prosecution and defence witnesses who testify in courts may now be remunerated for expenses, known as witness claims, as provided by the Delta State Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2017. The Delta State Chief Judge,…
Minimum wage: Organised Labour issues Dec. 31, 2018 deadline
By Chinyere Bassey The organised labour has given the Federal Government up to Dec. 31, 2018 to send the tripartite committee report on N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly. The decision was taken in…
Send draft bill on minimum wage to NASS, NLC warns FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress has described the Federal Government’s silence on the N30,000 minimum wage proposal as provocative stressing that it expected President Muhammadu Buhari to have sent a draft bill to the National Assembly…
Governors can pay N30,000 minimum wage, says Oshiomhole
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that Nigerian government can afford living wage for workers, if stealing of public money is curbed. He said non-payment of salaries by…
Minimum Wage: Governors raise committee to meet Buhari
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Nigerian Governors’ Forum says it will re-strategize and dialogue with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issues associated with the proposed N30, 000 minimum wage. To drive the process, the forum has…