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Newspaper Headlines: Labour, states hold talks on proposed strike over new minimum wage

The conversation on the tax reform bills before the national assembly dominates the headlines. 

The Punch reports that the remaining states yet to implement the N70,000 minimum wage for workers are making last-minute moves to ensure the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) does not embark on strike on Monday, December 1. The newspaper says the operational capacity of the newly rehabilitated Port Harcourt Refining Company has come under intense scrutiny.
Daily Trust reports that the house of representatives on Thursday witnessed a chaotic session as lawmakers across party lines resisted the planned second reading of the tax reform bills. The newspaper says marketers lift 251 million litres of petrol from Dangote refinery in 10 weeks.
The Nation reports that if the tax reform bills are passed, states will get 55 per cent of the Value Added Tax (VAT). The newspaper says the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says it has refunded N5.3bn to state pilgrims welfare boards and tour operators for poorly rendered services during the 2023 Hajj.
THISDAY reports that President Bola Tinubu told French President Emmanuel Macron that Nigeria’s economy was being repositioned for more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that would wholly impact the livelihoods of the citizens. The newspaper says the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation, have raised the alarm over increasing judgement debts against ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government.

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