Government and NLC agree on six-month N70,000 support

The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) agreed to a N70,000 monthly transport intervention for public-service workers for six months, beginning in November 2026, while leaving the effective date for implementing a new national minimum wage unresolved. The agreement followed a meeting in Abuja on October 27 and was recorded in a memorandum signed by government and NLC representatives. The intervention applies to public-service workers across all levels. The memorandum sets the start month and duration but does not detail how the payments will be administered or the date within each month they will be made. The government and NLC also agreed that outstanding peculiar-allowance arrears, effective from May 1, 2026, would be paid in three equal monthly instalments beginning in November. The memorandum covers other issues, including health-worker remuneration, tax relief and hazard allowances for agricultural officers. On minimum-wage negotiations, the parties agreed to establish a committee and begin meetings immediately. They did not settle when implementation of the new national minimum wage arrangement would take effect. The agreement therefore records a...