A MUSLIM Group, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has charged the government to enact a law compelling payment of pensioners’ benefits within six months of retirement.

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has over the years built a strong reputation as one of the finest, efficient and patriotic public servants in contemporary Nigeria political sphere.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has said the rank and file in the nation’s armed forces will suffer in the long run from the exit of the military from the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.

IF everything goes on as planned, soon the nation’s Power sector will be fully private sector controlled following the recent agreement between the Federal Government and Labour over payment of terminal benefits for workers in the sector. In this interview with Labour Vanguard, General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero, speaks on issues of job losses among others, declaring that trade unionism has come stay in the sector. Excerpts

Few days into 2013, the recent survey report on Industrial Development in Nigeria, with the theme Industrial Development: performance policy issues, constraints and prospects carried out by Professor Olawale Ogunkola of University of Ibadan, and Femi Aborishade of Ibadan Polytechnic, was the subject of a round table discussions by manufacturing sector unions and other stakeholders.