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Story by Victor Ahiuma-Young DESPITE receiving billions in bailout funds, Ogun State Government continues to owe its workers arrears of salaries. Mostly affected are workers of the Tai Solarin College of Education who have been owed arrears of salaries and pension for close to a decade.” We must rescue Ogun workers from Amosun — NLC
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As President Muhammadu Buhari continues to bask in the euphoria of his reelection for a second term of four years, Labour leaders have been speaking on their expectations from the president especially on the economy, good governance and welfare of the populace.
Read More IT was all joy for management and Organised Labour in the Power Sector few days ago as they signed the dotted lines of conditions of service document signaling a beginning of a new relationship to better the welfare of workers and move the DISCO to the level of enhanced performance and service delivery to customers.
Read More SINCE 2015 when the government of President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, constituted by the previous government of President Goodluck Jonathan, the government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has refused to reconstitute the board.
Read More THE Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has declined recognition of both the Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria, AAEUN, and the Agriculture and Allied Workers Union, AAWUN, factions as unions in the Agriculture sector.
Read More THE 12th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC that took place in Abuja, with the theme “Towards a Decade of Activism for the Promotion of Labour Unity, National Re-birth and Development”, will for some time to come continue to dominate the discourse in the Labour circle for several reasons.
Read More NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has drawn a battle line with the Federal Ministry of Health over acts of discrimination and injustice against members of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) allegedly perpetuated by the Minister of health, Professor Isaac Adewole.
Read More THE 12th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday returned its President, Ayuba Wabba, unopposed to lead NLC for the next four years.
Read More Prince Williams Akporeha is the President of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, who is no stranger to challenges and struggles. In this piece, he spoke on issues ranging from his involvement in labour movement and vision as the President of NUPENG. Excerpts.
Read More THE legislative backing over the battle for the actualisation of N30,000 new minimum wage by Organised Labour, has been given a major boost after members of the House of Representatives, at their Tuesday sitting set the new National Minimum Wage as N30,000.
Read More TUESDAY’S approval of N27,000 minimum wage for state and private sector workers by the National Council of State, NSC, has added to the imbroglio over the protracted new national minimum wage. The council also in the approval which has been rejected by Organised Labour, fixed N30, 000 minimum wage for federal workers.
Read MoreNIGERIA Union of Petro-leum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has appointed Afolabi Olufemi as its Acting General Secretary following the retirement of Adamu Song on January 1, 2019, after reaching the Union’s mandatory retirement age.
Read More When the Tripartite Com-mittee on the new minimum wage submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on November 5, 2018, workers were full of expectations. In fact, some had hoped to use the new minimum wage to celebrate the 2018 yuletide season following the National Assembly assurance of an accelerated process once it received the draft bill.
Read More Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that only a total overhauling and amendment of Nigeria Contents Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB, Act will make it achieve the aim and purposes of the act.
Read More When the Tripartite Committee on the new minimum wage submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on November 5, 2018, workers were full of expectations. In fact, some had hoped to use the new minimum wage to celebrate the 2018 yuletide season following the National Assembly assurance of an accelerated process once it received a bill on.
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