Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has tackled the suggestion by the southern governors that they should be allowed to determine the wages of their workers, saying among others, it not only dictatorial, but against the concept of the minimum wage.NLC in a statement, warned the state governors against further inflammatory statements concerning the minimum wage to avoid provoking industrial unrest.In the statement by Mr Benson Upah, NLC’s Head Information and Public Affai...

Governor Charles Soludo has issued a stern warning that implementing an unsustainable wage increase could lead to significant job losses and exacerbate economic challenges in Nigeria.Speaking at The Platform Nigeria, an event organized by the Lagos-based Covenant Nation to commemorate Democracy Day 2024, Soludo emphasized that not all state governments and the Organised Private Sector can afford the proposed N62,000 by the Federal Government or the N250,000 demanded...

The governors of Nigeria's 36 states have unanimously rejected the federal government's proposed N60,000 minimum wage. This announcement came from Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed, the Director of Media and Public Affairs for the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Friday, June 7.The governors argue that the proposed wage increase is neither realistic nor sustainable. Implementing it, they claim, would compel some states to resort to borrowing just to meet payroll demands...