Tag: Workers

Minimum Wage, TUC President says May 1st announcement not feasible

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Organised Labour

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) President, Festus Osifo, has said that the much-awaited new minimum wage may not be announced on May 1st. Osifo said this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. ”The negotiation by the Tripartite Committee is still on-going. If you remember, the TUC earlier submitted N447, 000 as the new minimum wage but we have harmonised our figure with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). “It is now N615, 000. Regarding the when for the new minimum wage, the committee is still working. “So, certainly, May…

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Electricity workers demand withdrawal of new tariff

Aminu Imam
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The National Union of Electricity Employees, (NUEE), has asked the federal government to withdrawal the new increase of tariff, saying it will push the price of goods upwards and affect the poor. Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC), had, on April 3, increased electricity tariff for customers enjoying 20 hours of power supply daily, who are said to be under the ‘Band-A’ classification. With the tariff increase, these customers are paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66. In a letter to the Minister of Power, NUEE…

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“Stop deceiving Nigerians, tariff hike ‘ll worsen economic woes” – Electricity workers tell FG

Aminu Imam
Electricity workers

Workers in the nation’s power sector have asked the Federal Government to stop deceiving Nigerians over the 300 percent hike in electricity tariff, and called for it reversal to avoid further socio-economic woes. While advising the Government to come clean on the hike and not be economical with the truth, they described the hike as nothing but another anti-people policy. Under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, (NUEE), the workers warned that if any of their colleague is attacked in the line of duty over the tariff…

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Nationwide Broadcast: President Tinubu assures workers upward review of salaries

Aminu Imam

…Says over N1 trillion from subsidy removal saved President Bola Tinubu has revealed that negotiations with the Organised Labour on the upward review of pay were ongoing, as part of his administration’s overall objectives to lessen the effects of inflation on Nigerian workers. Tinubu, who made the revelation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, while participating in a nationwide broadcast, stated that once the conditions of a new minimum wage were agreed upon, budget provisions would be created to pay the review. The President’s elimination of a nearly four-decade-old petrol…

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Workers Day: 1.6 million households get N10,000 each from FG bi-monthly – Ngige

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday claimed that a total of 1.6 million poor households benefit from a bi-monthly payment of N10,000 each, as part of its plan to mitigate suffering among the citizens. The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made this known during the 2023 International Workers’ Day celebrations at the Eagle Square in Abuja, yesterday. According to him, “In 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the National Social Investment Programme, currently the largest of such programmes in Africa and one of the largest in the world. The National…

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Labour did not betray workers over strike – FG

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government says contrary to the opinion of some Nigerians, organised labour neither compromised nor betrayed workers in the negotiations that led to the suspension of its planned strike. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Friday when he featured on TV Continental (TVC)  call-in programme, ” This Morning.” The programme, which centred on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, was monitored in Abuja. Recalls that the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and their affiliates recently suspended their planned strike to protest fuel…

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