The federal government and the organised labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed on a N70,000 national minimum wage. The figure was arrived at during a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leaders of NLC and TUC in his office at the State House in Abuja Thursday. Details later…
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Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd for the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the hike in the electricity tariff even as the Organised Private Sector, OPS, has condemned Labour’s decision. Recall that Vanguard Newspaper had Friday exclusively reported that Labour, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, might declare a nationwide strike from Monday, June 3, if the tripartite committee on the…
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