Recent developments within the labour movement indeed the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC, gives one cause for concern especially when viewed against the backdrop of the NLC’s slogan of “ sustaining and deepening democracy”.

Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has called on the Osun State Government to immediately commence the payment of outstanding pension and pension arrears of retirees in the state, lamenting that some of the state pensioners have not been paid a kobo in the last six months.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that the planned removal of the national minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to concurrent by the Senate, would spell doom for the nation.

ON Friday, June 28, the National Pension Commission, PenCom, submitted a position paper to the Senate Committee on Establishments and Public Service and the House Committee on Pensions, at the joint public hearing on the Bill for an Act to repeal the Pension Reform Act 2004 and enact the Pension Reform Act, 2013, to make provision for Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, and for connected matters. For record purposes, beginning from this edition, Pension and You, will publish the presentation of PenCom, the regulator in the Pension industry.

NIGERIA has become the 37th member state to ratifiy the Maritime Labour Convention at the just concluded 102 conference of the International Labour Organisation held in Geneva, Switzerland. Labour and Productivity minister, Chief Emeka Wogu presented the instrument of ratification to the director-general of the ILO, Mr. Guy Rider in Geneva.