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By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Ekiti State organised labour has given 14-day strike notice to Governor Kayode Fayemi to pay all outstanding benefits to workers or face indefinite industrial action. A letter dated July 16 and addressed to Fayemi said the ultimatum commences from Monday, July 20, and lapses on August 3, within which the governor
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By Ahiuma Young Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has pleaded with international oil companies, IOCs, especially ExxonMobil, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, as well as indigenous companies and contractors, to protect the jobs of Nigerian workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the union commended Indorama Eleme Petrochemical, Chevron
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young The five years old labour crisis that hit the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which culminated into the breakaway and formation of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, was finally resolved on Thursday in Abuja, via a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed by both camps. Recall that in the wake of the disputed
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young THERE are strong indications that the crisis and division in Nigerian labour movement in the wake of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, delegates’ conference of March 2015, may come to an end today (Thursday) and a united NLC announced. Recall that following the disputed 2015 delegates’ conference, which produced Ayuba Wabba of Medical
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By Victor Young Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has barred the Acting President of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, Taiwo Adebiyi, from future board meetings of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, saying he has not been screened and cleared by appropriate security agencies. In a letter to the Director-General of
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Organised Labour in the nation’s oil industry, on the platform of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterpart, has accused of Minister of State for Petroleum of being economical with the truth over the problems confronting the public refineries to promote import-driven deregulation.
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By Victor Young The Board of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has thrown its weight behind the investigative actions approved by President Muhamadu Buhari over allegations of infractions against the suspended top management staff of the fund. Recall that 12 management staff NSITF were, last Thursday, suspended by President Buhari through the Minister of
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By Victor Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nigeria Social Insurance Trustfund, NSITF, Prince Austin Enajemo-Isire, has fixed a meeting of the Board for Tuesday, July 7, even as the Managing Director and executive directors accepted their suspension after realising that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the order. The suspended management staff
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By Victor Young Electricity workers, on the platform of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, have given a 14-day ultimatum to the management of Egbin Power over alleged continued detention of their colleagues since March 27, or face industrial unrest. NUEE, in letter dated July 2 by its General Secretary, Joe Ajaero, said “the union
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By Victor Young & Onozure Dania Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Thursday, alerted Nigerians of its plans to declare a nationwide industrial action over unfair labour practices by some indigenous oil companies. Although NUPENG did not disclose when the industrial action would begin, its President, Prince Williams Apkoreha, at a
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