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.

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.

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.

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers , NAAPE, has called off its industrial action against  Bristow Helicopters, and Caverton Helicopters .

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.

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.

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.

THE Federal Government has advised workers to engage social dialogue in resolving industrial disputes as resorting to self-help is counterproductive.

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.

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.