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The Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) in Nigeria is quite comprehensive. It’s divided into 17 grade levels, with salaries determined by qualifications, experience, and performance. According to Nigerian Tribune, the breakdown of the salary structure for civil servants following the new minimum wage signed by President Bola Tinubu-led administration, with key emphasis on 1, […]
Continue ReadingThe National Minimum Wage Act that came into force on 18 April 2019 prescribed a five-year review cycle. For that reason, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had the law on their side for the strike that paralysed the country on Monday. But even if some of us have issues with shutting down […]
Continue ReadingAfter three months of bootless committee meetings in the comfort of air-conditioned offices at the cost of one billion naira (President Bola Tinubu approved 500 million naira to “start with… first”) and about a month after the expiration of the last minimum wage approved in 2019, the Tinubu government has not been able to approve […]
Continue ReadingTwo issues caught my attention last week – the alleged approval of an increase in the salaries of political office holders, which turned out to be false; and the continuous use of Police Prosecutors who are non-Lawyers in the Magistrate Courts. Can RMAFC be that Insensitive? Last week, RMAFC (Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission) was […]
Continue ReadingAs a result of the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set January 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President said the strike would be […]
Continue ReadingAfter no fewer than 16 meetings and protracted negotiations with the organised private sector, the authorities in the 36 states and the federal government, the Ama Pepple-led national minimum wage tripartite committee finally submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. And with the presidential endorsement of the recommendation, the sum of N30,000 was […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has denied entering into agreement with the organised labour to increase the minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. On Tuesday, the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, was quoted to have said that the Federal Government and the Labour leaders had agreed on N30,000 as the new minimum wage which […]
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