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Nigeria's Organised Labour says it will not allow the Tripartite Committee for National Minimum Wage to alter the time line for the implementation of the new wage for workers in the country. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this during a Pre-May Day Symposium organised by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday in Abuja. “We will make sure that the time line that has been set by the Tripartite Committee for the implementation of the national minimum wage will not in any way be altered or undermined”, NAN quoted him as saying. “Workers, who create wealth, must also be well taken care of as we are not unmindful of the situation of the Nigerian workers, particularly, with the increasing inflation in the land. “So, clearly speaking, the minimum wage is an issue we will continue to canvass for. I want to assure you all that we will take the issue to the next level and essentially we are going to win,” he said. The NLC president, while speaking on May Day Cele...

Controversial Journalist of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore who recently declared his intention to run for president come 2019 has just said on assumption of office, 'minimum wage for Nigerian workers will be N100,000'.

Federal government has assured Nigeria Labour Congress and the entire labour workforce that a new national minimum wage will commence, latest by end of September 2018. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, declared on Monday that the federal government would announce the new minimum wage before the end of the third quarter which is September. Ngige was speaking at the 40th Anniversary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja on Monday. The minister said: “In furtherance to the determination by the federal government to attain the decent work agenda which involves opportunities for works that are productive and deliver a fair income, security in workplace, and social protection for families; there have been overtime, three minimum wage reviews and currently the tripartite committee on national minimum wage is set to review the current minimum wage. Memoranda are being received from relevant bodies are persons to enable the determination of a new minimu...

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity,Femi Adesina, has hinted that a new minimum wage is loading.  He said this as he shared photos from the President's inauguration of a tripartite Committee to look into the issue of the National Minimum Wage. He captioned the photo as 'New Minimum Wage Loading'.