Today’s Headlines:N1m Minimum Wage Will Collapse Economy —Ajaero, US Ban Chinese Genomics Companies

N1m minimum wage will collapse Nigerian economy — NLC President, Ajaero.

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero has explained why a N1,000,000 minimum wage would collapse the Nigerian economy.

He disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday.

Ajaero said that while the NLC and the Federal Government were in talks over a minimum wage review, the real issue was to reduce the cost of living and boost the purchasing power of the country’s currency.

US bans imports from Chinese genomics companies.

The United States banned imports from three Chinese genomics companies over claims they collected genetic material used to track persecuted ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang region.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and Shenzhen BGI Technology, also known as BGI Group, had been added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.

The list identifies entities working with Xinjiang’s government “to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of Xinjiang”.

2027: APC rejects court order sacking Uzodimma as Imo West senatorial candidate.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State has insisted that Governor Hope Uzodimma remains its candidate for Imo West Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The party stated this in a statement issued on Thursday by its State Publicity Secretary, Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, after an Abuja Federal High Court sacked Uzodimma as the candidate, replacing him with ex-governor Rochas Okorocha.

NLC tackles TUC over opposition to N70,000 transport allowance deal.

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has questioned the Trade Union Congress’ rejection of the Federal Government’s proposed ₦70,000 transport allowance, saying the union was not involved in negotiations with the government.

Ajaero said the NLC had made it clear from the beginning that it was negotiating independently of the TUC, making the latter’s opposition to the outcome surprising.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Thursday, Ajaero said the TUC did not sign the agreement and argued that the union should not oppose an arrangement it did not negotiate.

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