Minimum Wage

June 25 (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has signalled plans to review Nigeria’s ₦70,000 national minimum wage, acknowledging that the current benchmark may no longer adequately reflect prevailing economic realities amid rising inflation and mounting cost-of-living pressures. The indication was...

September 09, (THEWILL) — The Ogun State chapter of Organised Labour has called on the state government to implement a N150,000 minimum wage for civil servants, aiming to alleviate the economic hardship impacting workers' quality of life. They demanded prompt...

May 04, (THEWILL) – On 1 May 2025, workers across Nigeria joined the world in marking Labour Day amid deepening concerns over the country’s economic direction, the quality of its workforce, and the actions, or inactions, of both government...

May 01, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has demanded an upward review of the current minimum wage of N80,000, saying it has become meaningless, owing to the high inflation rate in the state...

January 26, (THEWILL) – Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has approved the implementation of the N70,000 new minimum wage for state workers, starting Monday. According to Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to the governor, the payment of the new...

January 20, (THEWILL) – The Akwa Ibom State Government will begin implementing the N80,000 minimum wage for verified workers starting January 2025, including arrears dating back to November 2024. The State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, announced this while speaking at...

December 10, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State Government, on Tuesday, in conjunction with the eight local government chairmen, acceded to the demand of organised labour, indicating its readiness to pay the new N80,000 Minimum Wage to workers in the...

November 30, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared industrial action in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Imo, Katsina and 12 other states, effective Monday, December 2, 2024. The directive follows resolutions of the Congress' National Executive Council...

November 19, (THEWILL) - Governor Hyacinth Alia has approved a minimum wage of N75,000 for Benue workers. The Governor, who announced this on Monday, at the State Civil Secretariat, after a meeting with organised labour representatives in Makurdi, explained...

Some Federal Workers Grumble, Yet to Receive New Wage Labour Unions Demand Faster Implementation November 03, (THEWILL) – The memo was dated Tuesday, October 22, 2024, but the story broke on Friday, November 1, 2024. It said that salary...