THERE are fears that the relationship between the Federal Government and Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, may be heading for the rocks over the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu’s alleged anti-labour activities.

INDICATIONS have emerged that National Council on Establishments, NCE, has taken steps to correct its earlier controversial vesting of the authority to regulate Pharmaceutical Technologists and Pharmacy Technicians in the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, thereby calming industrial restiveness in the health sector.

ON Wednesday, August 29, the meeting between the Federal Government led by Chief Anyim Pius Anyim and organized labour to resolve in the pending labour issues ahead of the planned privatization of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, ended in a deadlock. Besides that, no date has been fixed for the resumption of negotiation.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, is planning to get an operational license from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to float a micro-finance bank, with not less than N40 million take off capital.

AS the battle against human trafficking, forced and child labour in Nigeria heightens, stakeholders gathered in Lagos, to develop National Referral Mechanism, NRM, for victims for victims to regain their confidence and reintegrate into society through medical help, psychological support, legal assistance, shelter and everyday care, help with her/his migration status and in getting travel documents, protection from the trafficker etc.