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Workers in six state have not received salaries in 2017, a survey conducted by BudgIT has shown. The states are; Benue, Kogi, Abia, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti. The civic tech organisation, in a statement on Tuesday, said up to 20 states owed their workers, including pensioners their entitlements...

Nigerian governors, under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum, on Friday said they will off-set outstanding salaries and allowances owed their workers as soon as a second tranche of funds from the Paris Club loan refund is released. In a statement issued by the forum’s spokesperson...

About nineteen states are raising the minimum wage today in a shift that stands to lift the income of millions of workers. The minimum wage will be increased in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New...

Nigerian state governments have attributed several reasons for their inability to pay their worker's salaries for the festive season. Nigerian workers yesterday took to the streets in several states to protest the non-payment of their wages, putting top government officials and governors under...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday requested state governors to pay as outstanding workers’ entitlements, at least 25 percent of the refunds made to them from excess deductions for external debt service. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity...

Just three days to Christmas celebration, workers in Ondo State, Thursday forcefully dragged the Account-General (AG), Mr. Felix Ajibokun to bank to begin the process of payment of workers’ salaries. The aggrieved workers, who earlier picketed the A-G office at Alagbaka Akure, the state...

The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, on Wednesday painted a gloomy picture of his state’s economy, saying it had become impossible for him to pay salaries. Governor Bello told State House correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the...

The Taraba State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given Governor Darius Ishaku of the state the end of May to settle all the deductions made by the state government in the workers’ salaries. The trade union wants the government to settle the salaries of all underpaid and...

Every 1st of May is set aside to celebrate Workers Day across the country. The day usually greeted with joy and excitement is a delight every worker look forward to, however, the reverse seem to be the case in 2016 as majority of the state governments still owe their workers months salary and...