Oil workers draw battle line against exploitative employers
• As new President declares war on casualisation, other unfair practices By Victor Ahiuma-Young For years, contract staffing and prolonged casual employment have remained contentious issues in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, leaving many workers performing permanent roles under the uncertainty of temporary employment. But with a new leadership at the helm of the Petroleum […]
Executive order: Labour should be whistle blowers
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.
Food union decries expatriate quota abuse
ORGANISED Labour berated Federal Government’s failure to arrest increasing expatriate quota abuse by multinationals operating in the country.
ULC, NUFBTE thump up President Buhari
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.
Nigeria’ll end child labour soon, says Perm Sec
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.
PTAD shuns SGF, NASS resolution to recall disengaged directors
There is palpable fear and disquiet at the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, as Executive Secretary of the agency, Sharon Ikeazor, has shunned all entreaties and directives from Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and the Senate to recall five sacked directors, following their alleged irregular appointments.
MDAs flout Buy -Made-in-Nigeria goods orders – Labour
FEW days ago, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Senior officials of the Ministry, Director General, Nigeria Textile Manufacturers Association, Managing Director, BOI and other stakeholders, were guests of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, at the Union’s national secretariat, Kaduna.
Labour seeks effective industrial law for workers
STEEL and Engineering Workers Union of Nigeria, SEWUN, has called on the Federal Government to ensure tahat laws on industrial accidents are implemented for victims to get their benefits.
Union ends industrial action against Bristow Helicopters, Caverton
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers , NAAPE, has called off its industrial action against Bristow Helicopters, and Caverton Helicopters .
Job creation should not be government’s responsibility alone but … – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Saturday that the Buhari administration is fully committed to creating new jobs in all sectors of the economy.
NECA-PRENEUR: Panellists brainstorm on youth’s unemployment
THE general consensus by panellists at a workshop organised in Lagos by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, on the platform of NECAPreneur was that entrepreneurship is the leeway to liberating millions of unemployed Nigerians from joblessness.
Employment crisis may derail Nigeria’s 2020 target — FG
THE problems of rising of unemployed and underemployed in Nigeria is assuming frightening dimension every passing day as the economy remains in the doldrums and socio-economic environment is becoming harsher for businesses to thrive, thereby frustrating the capacity of businesses to sustain and create employment.
FG counsels workers on social dialogue, warns against self-help
THE Federal Government has advised workers to engage social dialogue in resolving industrial disputes as resorting to self-help is counterproductive.
Industrial court bars media from reporting its proceedings
The local saying that the “more you look, the less you see,” played out recently at the Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court, NIC, when the trial judge ordered that the proceedings of a case must not be reported in both the traditional and social media.
Global unemployment, decent work deficits to remain high in 2018 — ILO
As the global economy recovers but with a growing labour force, global unemployment in 2018 is projected to remain at a similar level to last year’s, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation, ILO.
Labour crisis brews in Research Institutes
If the signals emanating from the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, are anything to go by, Research Institutes and the union will soon be at loggerheads over the stoppage of the payment of all forms of allowances.
