Minister of Labour And Employment

The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in 18 states where the national minimum wage of N30, 000 had yet to be paid to immediately proceed on strike. The congress said about half the 36 states of the federation were yet to…
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Minister of Labour and Employment and one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in South East, Senator Chris Ngige, weekend, explained that some of the chieftains of the party in the zone did not attend the…
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Just four out of the over 30 state governors in Nigeria have began paying workers the N30,000 new minimum wage approved by the federal government as at the time of this publication. Some states have begun implementation of N30,000…
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The Federal Government has finally set a date for the transmission of a bill for a new national minimum wage to the National Assembly. The move is aimed at stopping the organised labour from embarking on a strike about a month before…
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The Federal Government has said that talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have so far been fruitful, expressing optimism that the ongoing strike by the university teachers, will soon be called off. According to…
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The Organized Labour has reacted to the comment made by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, concerning the much-talked minimum wage yesterday. Ngige had after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Wednesday…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that after consultations, it has proposed N24,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this Wednesday, while briefing State…
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The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to sack the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, from the party. Oshiomhole is having a running battle with Ngige over the refusal of the minister to…
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