The Rivers State Government has distanced the governor of the state, Siminialayi Fubara, from the reported proposal of N80,000 as minimum wage for civil servants in the state.The disclaimer followed a media report on some social media platforms that the governor of the state had proposed to pay N80,000 as minimum wage to workers in the state.But, in a media statement in Port Harcourt, Friday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi, decried the re...

On Sunday, the Abia State chapter of the Organised Labour issued a stern warning to the state government: if the Memorandum of Understanding reached at their recent meeting is not implemented by July 28, 2024, the union will proceed with an indefinite strike without further notice.The union previously threatened a strike on June 8, 2024, due to the state government's failure to engage in dialogue over the payment of the N30,000 minimum wage and the N35,000 palliativ...

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...