[General] Treating Labour With Dignity

Government orders payment of new minimum wage from April 18
• Directs commission to clear arrears latest Dec 31
• New pay, personnel costs to take N4.88tr in 2020

Read More At: https://guardian.ng/news/government-orders-payment-of-new-minimum-wage-from-april-18/

About time, too. Left to Ngige, this matter would keep dragging till the next handover of govt.

 

Pensioners are part of minimum wage increase - FG

Read More At: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/pensioners-are-part-of-minimum-wage-increase-―-fg/

Good to see Chris Ngige now on the front foot.

 

https://guardian.ng/appointments/nlc-seeks-downward-review-of-political-officeholders-salaries-2/

Someone is at last thinking in the right direction...but I think it's all part of Yoruba frustration with Buhari LOL!

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Obugi

 

The frustration with Buhari is more widespread than just the Yorubas. Other groups like Northern Elders, Northern Youths, Middle Belt CSOs have all been voicing out their dissatisfaction over the insecurity.

 

Another notable story that provides some insight into the issue of worker pay - actually government workers pay. Months ago on this thread, I wrote this:

Now this today - apparently Nassarawa simply doesn't have enough revenue to pay salaries, period! We don't even know if this includes the new minimum wage...

Nasarawa LGs Sacrifice VAT to Pay Salaries, Pensions

by Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia
Tue March 3, 2020 11:11 am

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.p...a-lgs-sacrifice-vat-to-pay-salaries-pensions/

No one should complain about bad roads and trash removal, salaries are more important LOL!

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Obugi

 

The Nigerian government is waking up to a new day, the news is all over, anyone that wants to read can find it, the crash in crude oil prices is going to bring a new recession or worse for the country.

So, how are they going to pay for the new, much higher minimum wage when their crude oil revenue has been cut by 30% overnight?

You were warned, but some of us want to be seen as caring, sensitive people who don't want the "masses" to suffer. Well, here comes suffering, like it or not.

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Obugi

 

The crash in crude oil prices AND the impact of COVID-19 are paralysing the market in Nigeria and the recession is inevitable.

But the effect should be felt right across the board. It is not morally acceptable for political appointees, elected politicians and senior civil servants to continue to enjoy their over-bloated salaries and allowances while the struggling masses are denied their miserable wages.

 

Indeed recessions must happen, the role of government is to take measures that prevent a recession from becoming a crisis or a depression. One of the biggest steps to PREPARE Nigeria for times like this was the withdrawal of fuel subsidies in Jan 2012. It's interesting that the same Nigerians who balked at the resulting price increase elected a government that promised them a PRICE REDUCTION but promptly denied the promise and INCREASED fuel prices. And Nigerians are paying today, nobody is dying from fuel priced at 145.

From Jan 2012 to May 2015, by my calculations, Nigeria spent at least $25 billion buying fuel for the people and most of it got smuggled and sold in other West African countries. That's money that could have been spent investing to prepare for both the 2016 recession and the one coming this year or next.

Another step that would have helped would be to FLOAT the naira, but of course both the government and people HATE that idea.

Good point, but the solution is straight forward, methinks. The "masses" should protest against the high salaries of political appointees and senior civil servants. They can do it the same way they protested to retain fuel subsidies in Jan 2012 with Occupy Nigeria.

The question is WHY don't the Nigerian people and NLC do that?

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Obugi

 

Lagos Assembly speaks on scrapping pension for Tinubu, Fashola, others

The Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pensions law permitting former governors, including Bola Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola and other public office holders, to receive juicy pensions from state coffers.

Mr Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

He disclosed that Lagos Assembly would not go the way of the Zamfara Assembly which recently repealed the pension law for its former governors.

The Federal High Court in Lagos recently ordered the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly.

The court also directed the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to receive such pensions.

Braimoh, however, faulted the court ruling that ordered Malami to take immediate legal action toward the abolishment of state laws that permits “former governors to enjoy governors’ emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices.”

He told NAN that as long as the law did not contravene the constitution, state assemblies had the right to make laws for the benefit of the society in which they operate.

According to him, the separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution empowers the legislature to make laws, the executive to implement and the judiciary to interpret the laws.

“The Supreme Court had made it clear several times that no arm of government can repeal the constitutional provisions of another arm of government.

“Therefore, legislators make laws that are in tune with the yearnings and dynamics of their society.

“Until another legislature comes to alter, review or amend the law, the law is meant to be obeyed.

“The judiciary cannot pronounce that a law by the state is unconstitutional unless such state law is contradictory to the constitution,” the lawmaker said.

https://dailypost.ng/2019/12/08/lag...-scrapping-pension-for-tinubu-fashola-others/

 

I fullly concur. I must be a communist at heart or at least a socialist
Since the fall of the Soviet Uniion it became fashionable to bash communism ( and socialism), and i'm sure i'm not supposed to say that.

Zamfara has the right idea!!

 

I believe Kwara and Kogi have implemented the same.

Lagos State jobsworth Braimoh is only speaking to satisfy his paymasters. Because the State is wealthy doesn't mean the wealth must be squandered on a handful of privileged leaders.

Apart from looking after the welfare of the masses, it was clear from the recent scenes of Lekki floods that the State needs to pay attention to the infrastructural inadequacies and decay. The potholes on the roads and lock-down on the Apapa Port access roads present a crying shame waiting for attention.

 

I guess wealth is realative, but how wealthy is lagos really.
I"m scared of using wikipedia these days
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP<<

If we simplistically divide the "wealth" or GDP of lagos and distribute evenly per head among the citizens or households, i wonder if every houshold can even get $0.003 cents

Even though i benefit from capitalism, i really wish we had a better system in Nigeria

 

From the Wiki-link;
GDP = US$33,679,000
Population = 9,113,605 based on preliminary 2006 Census figures.
GDP per head = US$3.69

 

In a decent country, the data should be coming from Nigerian statistical institutes but since we are shameful, we have to rely on Wikipedia (shame! shame!! shamel!!)

If i still remember my equations, the population will now be something like BasePopulation(1+growth%)^time...... so your population should have significantly increased from 14 years ago if you have a growth rate of just 2 or 3 %....... and the money per head would be even less

But assuming we even take the number you calculated on face value - So Baba Sule, you have whole $3.69 to spend for a year?

See how rich you are? You will surely be living like a king.

- How on earth will you be able to spend in a lifetime this your bottomless pit of bounty?

 

By the power of Rank Xerox, courtesy of the mallams who chant: A kwai dallas..

 

More panic or austerity coming. The FG imposes total ban on recruitment AND replacement of staff.

Drastic budget cuts too, including recurrent expenditure which includes salaries LOL, that new wage scale will be biting them...

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/fg-cuts-2020-budget-by-n1-5tr-stops-recruitments-into-mdas/

Good Luck to the Shithole...crude oil is up by 6% or so this morning so that's something. They can raise the minimum wage again...LOL

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Obugi

 

The Finance Minister said:

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/covid-19-fg-cuts-2020-budget-by-n1-5trn/

 

The Dullard has directed the Army to defeat Boko Haram, ordered the EFCC to stop corruption and on and on. He has long insisted the naira will never be devalued, well it was devalued this weekend, so the value of the ₦30,000 minimum wage has diminished in tandem, prices will very likely shoot up. So this pronouncement will be similarly ineffectual.

Your comment here is childish. If there's no money, wages will not be paid. End of.

In my last comment I said crude oil was up 6%, well it reversed and ended the day down 4%. Some analysts are predicting $10 to $15 by end of the year. Then what? The rest of Nigeria will starve to ensure salaries are paid to 1 million lazy, unproductive federal workers.

Crude oil is over 50% of government revenue. There's a story out today that the FAAC meeting broke up amid anger about the sharing formula. CBN has started devaluation.

It's OK, we're praying for Nigeria. It is well LOL

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Obugi

 

That argument style is not acceptable even in the Literary and Debating Societies at secondary schools.