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.