Multiple social media users and online blogs as seen here, here, here, here, and here, have claimed that Nigeria’s minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, has proposed the sum of N105,000 as the new national minimum wage. This is amid the ongoing negotiations between organised labour and the federal government...
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FACT CHECK: Did Nigerian government and Labour Unions agree N155,000 as minimum wage?
An X (formerly Twitter) user during the week claimed that the Nigerian government, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to a new minimum wage. The tweet which has garnered over 49,000 interactions at the time of the report claimed that the minimum wage was agreed to be placed at...
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FACT CHECK: Did House of Reps propose N100,000 as new minimum wage?
CDD War Room received a claim through Check by Meedan, an online tip-line tool, that the Federal House of Representatives has proposed 100,000 Naira as the new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. This was also claimed in a report by Intel Region titled, “JUST IN: House of Reps proposes N100,000 as minimum wage for...