Minimum Wage

August 25, (THEWILL) – Almost a month after President Bola Tinubu on July 29, 2024, signed the new minimum wage of N70,000 into law, it is becoming increasingly clear in many states across the country that the willingness and...

August 17, (THEWILL) – Delta State Government has taken a firm step on the implementation of the new minimum wage with a directive to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Kingsley Emu and the Commissioner for Finance,...

August 13, (THEWILL) – Civil servants have threatened to shut down states that refuse to pay the N70,000 new national minimum wage. Speaking in Lagos on Monday, at the 5th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Association of Senior Civil Servants...

August 11, (THEWILL) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked reports that it has directed the payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000 to Corps Members. In a statement on Sunday, NYSC’s Director of Information and Public...

June 12, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured the organised labour that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. The President disclosed this...

June 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said the N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organised labour is capable of destabilising the economy and jeopardising the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians. Minister of Information and National...

May 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have again rejected the N54,000 proposed by the Federal Government as the new minimum wage. This followed the resumption of negotiations by the Tripartite Committee...

May 16, (THEWILL) - The Organised labour has rejected a N48,000 minimum wage by the federal government, describing the proposal in the face of current economic realities as mockery and insult to workers’ dignity. THEWILL reported earlier that representatives...

May 15, (THEWILL) - The meeting between the Federal Government and representatives of organised labour has ended in a deadlock as members of the union rejected the N48,000 proposed by the government as minimum wage for public service workers. The...

May 3, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is reviewing its individual fiscal space as state govern­ments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to arrive at an improved sustainable minimum wage it can pay. The...