living Wage

Let Minimum Wage Align With International Standards – SERAP Urges Tinubu

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Chief Atanda

SERAP has urged Tinubu to ensure the proposed minimum wage align with international standards. The Presidency has labeled organized labour’s demand for ₦497,000 as unrealistic. SERAP criticized the proposed minimum wage as insufficient, stating it fails to meet international human rights standards.  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has informed President … Read more

NLC Challenges Tinubu’s Stance On Minimum Wage Affordability

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Minimum Wage Affordability

NLC Challenges Tinubu’s Stance On Minimum Wage Affordability. The NLC condemned Tinubu’s statement that the government could only pay what the country can afford, seeing it as a contradiction of his promise to pay a living wage. NLC spokesperson Benson Upah criticized Tinubu’s comments as inconsistent with his previous commitments during an interview. EKO HOT … Read more

Looming Strike: ‘Keep National Grid Operational’ – Nigerians Beg NLC

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Electricity Tariff

Nigerians appeal to organized labour not to switch off the national grid if they resume their strike over minimum wage demands. Organized labour, including NLC and TUC, insists on a ₦250,000 living wage and rejects proposals of ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 as insufficient. Labour has given the government a deadline until June 11, 2024, to address … Read more

‘No Retreat; No Surrender’ — NLC Vows After Meeting NASS Leaders

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Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that its strike action will go on as planned. The union made the declaration after it met governors and National Assembly leaders on Sunday alongside the Trade Union Congress (TUC). EDITOR’S PICKS Win-Win Scenarios: How Nigerians Are The Biggest Beneficiaries Of Atiku And … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Must Provide Living Wage – Lagos Labour Party

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Orijeru Appointment

Sanwo-Olu Must Provide Living Wage, Says Lagos Labour Party. Olubunmi Odesanya, the party’s Lagos State Publicity Secretary, highlighted the need to address socio-economic challenges and review the minimum wage. Odesanya urged the APC to consider the workers’ welfare in their minimum wage proposals. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party … Read more

Labour Unions Slam N48,000 Minimum Wage Offer, Demand N615,000

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Labour Unions Slam N48,000 Minimum Wage Offer, Demand N615,000

NLC, TUC Reject Federal Government’s Proposed N48,000 as Insult Organised Private Sector’s N54,000 Offer Also Deemed Inadequate Unions Walk Out of Negotiations, Demand Living Wage of N615,000 Eko Hot Blog reports that in a scathing response to the federal government’s proposed N48,000 new minimum wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress … Read more

Pursue Realistic Demands – Sule, Oshiomhole Urge Labour

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Labour

Sule and Oshiomhole advise Labour on realistic wage demands, urging focus on industrial policies. NLC calls for N615,000 living wage; Sule and Oshiomhole stress affordability. Tinubu hints at new “living wage”; ongoing improvements in revenue allocation noted. EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a recent television appearance, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule and Senator Adams Oshiomhole … Read more

Reps Throw Weight Behind Upward Review Of Minimum Wage

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Eko Hot Blog reports that the House of Representatives, has on Wednesday declared its support the idea of paying Nigerian workers the minimum wage that are appropriate to the present worldwide economic conditions. The House assigned its relevant committees in Labour and Employment, Finance, and National Planning the responsibility to devise strategies for compensating Nigerian … Read more

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