President Muhammadu Buhari has, Friday, warned governors and other leaders in the country to brace up for tougher times ahead, especially as regards the economy and infrastructural development of the country, saying things will be harder than before if Nigerians vote him out. President Buhari gave the statement in a message to the 36 state […]
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Governors have agreed to increase the minimum wage but not up to the expectation of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), but NLC immediately rejected the governors’ offer, insisting on N30,000 According to Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), he and his colleagues have agreed to pay N22,500 to workers. […]
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Last week, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) urged President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sharing of the $2.259bn in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) among the three tiers of government in order to improve the liquidity position of the states. The governors, during a meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, hinged their call […]
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Nigerian governors will eventually reduce the federal minimum wage of N18,000 or downsize because of the current economic crunch, the chairman of the body of governors has said. The chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said on Thursday that irrespective of public condemnations of the plan, it would not […]
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