THE National Pension Commission, PenCom, has appealed appealed against the judgment of the Abuja High Court setting aside its takeover of the Board and Management of the First Guarantee Pension Limited, FGPL.

NIGERIA Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and International Labour Organisation , ILO’s Certified Masters Trainers have called on the Federal Government to take necessary action against the activities of ILO and the United Nations Development Programmes, UNDP for preferring expatriates from South Africa and Zimbabwe rather than Nigerian certified ILO Master Trainers to train young farmers in Ekiti state.

THE Federal Government and organized labour in the nation’s electricity sector are heading for a major showdown over disagreement on the payment of severance benefits and other entitlements due to over Fifty Thousand workers expected to be affected by the planned privatization of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

THE need for improved industrial peace was one the major issues at the 55th Annual General Meeting, AGM, of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, that took place Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the NECA in Lagos.

FEDERAL Government representatives led by the Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji and Organised Labour in the electricity sector, under the umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, met recently to resolve contentious labour issues ahead of government planned privatization of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. The meeting did not only end in deadlock, but also, adjoin sine die and workers in sector have become very restive and threatening fire and brimstone.