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Nigeria: Labour Threatens Global Intervention in National Minimum Wage Struggle
Guardian, 21 November 2018
As the controversy over the proposed N30,000 national wage lingers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to involve global union and deploy lawful means in pressuring… Read more »
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Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Our Situation Is Precarious, Governors Tell Buhari
This Day, 20 November 2018
Representatives of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) yesterday met with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the lingering issue of national minimum wage, telling the president that… Read more »
A New Minimum Wage - Too Much to Ask?
President Muhammadu Buhari held a closed-door meeting with some state governors over the issue of new national minimum wage. The meeting comes a week after the governors had an emergency meeting after which they announced they would not be able to pay the U.S.$83 proposed minimum wage demanded by labour unions.
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Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Buhari, Governor's Meeting Deadlocked
This Day, 19 November 2018
There are indications that the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors on Monday at the State House in Abuja over the proposed N30,000 minimum wage was… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari, Governors Meet Over Minimum Wage Crisis
Guardian, 20 November 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with representatives of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to resolve the crisis generated by the new N30,000 minimum wage demanded by… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari in Closed-Door Meeting With Governors Over Minimum Wage
Premium Times, 19 November 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with some state governors in his office at the State House in Abuja. Read more »
InFocus
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The 36 state governors have described the pay hike as "impracticable". They say that labour needs to agree to downsizing the workforce countrywide - or government needs to review ... Read more »
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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered both the government and organised labour to submit a report of their negotiations on the disputes over the new minimum wage by ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the new national minimum wage of U.S.$83 proposed by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. Buhari has also promised to send a ... Read more »
