CASUALISATION of  workers in Nigeria may soon be a thing of the past if feelers from the National Assembly, NASS, are anything to believe, as a bill against casualisation and outsourcing of workers in Nigeria is now before the National Assembly.

NATIONAL Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE,  has raised the alarm that automated machines and robots are increasingly taking over the jobs of members across the country, worsening the employment crisis in the country.

IT was a gathering of labour leaders, civil society groups among other stakeholders, at the ancient city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to x-ray the new national oil and gas policy of the Federal Government, FG.

IT was a gathering of who is who in the labour movement as the NLC rounded off its 40th  anniversary activities.

FORMER President of Nigeria  Labour Congress, NLC and immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in this interview,   speaks among other things, on trust as the bedrock of any strong and successful labour leader.

PIONEER President of Nigeria Labour Congress,  NLC, Alhaji Hassan Sunmonu,   has berated the ministers and special advisers of President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged  bereft of ideas and innovations.

AS Nigerians especially public sector workers in Nigeria eagerly look ahead to September, where a new national minimum wage is expected to be announced, former President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has warned that wages alone cannot transform into a decent life.

YESTERDAY, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, rounded up activities marking its 40 years anniversary celebrations.

NOW that there appears to be consensus but not unanimity on the desirability of State Police, let me serve a caveat before its implementation. But before then, may I adumbrate my understanding of the concept of State Police.
Concept of a State Police.

Stakeholders at a re-cent seminar organised by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, have called on the Federal Government to comply with the order of the Federal High Court which directed the government to account for the looted funds recovered since 1999 till date to promote transparency and accountability.

Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption (PACAC). He is a  former Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Benin.  In this interview, he speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war,  appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the  substantive  Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and what government ought to do to stop herdsmen/farmers clash.

ON October 3, 2017,  National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE, wrote to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, complaining over  alleged arbitrary influx of expatriates into Nigeria Bottling Company, NBC and bottles of all brands of Coca-Cola products in Nigeria.

ORGANISED Labour berated Federal Government’s failure to arrest increasing expatriate quota abuse by multinationals operating in the country.

UNITED Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, and the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE, have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the recently signed Executive Order barring foreigners from taking jobs that could be performed by Nigerians. ULC in a statement by its president, Joe Ajaero, titled Nigerian Jobs for Nigerians: Buhari,s Executive Order, said: “The Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari  barring foreigners from taking jobs that could be performed by Nigerians is a laudable development not just to Nigeria but to all workers of our dear nation. We commend this bold initiative which is in furtherance of government’s drive to domesticate and Nigerianise our consumption and purchasing patterns by focusing on promoting local content.

The Permanent  Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Bolaji Adebiyi, has  said the implementation of the National Reporting Template for combating child labour remains one of the most pragmatic ways of eliminating all forms of child labour in Nigeria by 2025, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 8 and Target 8.7.