Oil workers take battle against casualisation to Tinubu
For years, casualisation has remained one of the most contentious labour issues in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, pitting workers’ unions against employers
Labour picks hole in ongoing amendment of assets declaration law
•Demands legislative action to regularise ‘non-permanent’ staff in banks By Victor Ahiuma-Young Organised Labour under the aegis of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, NUBIFIE, has picked hole in the ongoing amendment of 35-year-old Bank Employees Declaration of Assets, BEDA, Act 1986, saying some aspects of the amendment bill are offensive and infringe […]
NLC wades into Lagos NURTW crisis
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, waded into the conflict between the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and its Lagos State council.
2023: We must rescue Nigeria close to national disaster — Labour
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, the organized Labour yesterday vowed to form an alliance with any pro-workers’ political parties, or organizations in order to rescue the country which it said was sailing dangerously adrift.
Why we’re holding employers’ summit — NECA
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Few days ago, the Voice of business in Nigeria and umbrella body for employers; Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, announced it plans to hold an employers’ submit. According to NECA, with the theme, “The Private Sector – An Engine of National Development” the summit will hold in Abuja between Monday, 30 and Tuesday, […]
FMBN, workers tango over recruitment, promotion, others
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The management of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, and some aggrieved workers are bickering over in illegal recruitment, promotion of senior staff without writing the compulsory examination, mandating junior staff to write examination and lobbying to extend his tenure, among others. FMBN’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, MD CEO, Ahmed Dangiwa, […]
ILO DG election: Africa contesting to win, says Ngige
AHEAD of the March 25 election of a new Director-General, DG, for the International Labour Organisation, ILO, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said Africa is not presenting a candidate just to make up the number of contestants, but contesting to win.
PIA: We won’t compromise members’ Job security, welfare — PENGASSAN
•Raises alarm over food, employment crises By Victor Ahiuma-Young PRESIDENT of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, in this piece, spoke on Petroleum Industry Act, PIA and poverty/unemployment, among others. PIA With the signing of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, into law, the concern of our association is […]
IOCs: All Ports operations ‘ll be shut March 1— MWUN
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has directed workers to shut all port operations from Tuesday, March 1, 2022 over refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, to allow the stevedoring companies access to their platforms to commence operations, denying dockworkers and stevedoring companies access to operate in the IOCs platforms as required by […]
We’ll no longer tolerate employers’ impunity — Oil workers
•Decry worsening insecurity in Nigeria By Victor Ahiuma-Young The increasing security challenges confronting the country have been of serious concern to well-meaning Nigerians and groups. And one such groups is the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN. Another issue of worry to the association is increasing management impunity and failure to […]
Without Buhari, Nigeria would have been like Venezuela – Ngige
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Wednesday described leadership as very critical to the survival of any human society, saying without President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria would have been like Venezuela. Ngige said Nigeria was passing through hard times, not because of the current government, but as a result of poor […]
