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.

Former Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, and Government spokesperson in the negotiation with workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Dr. Timiebi Koripamo-Agary, have faulted demand by workers that 25 percent be used in computation of their severance benefits and pensions, saying it is not feasible.

LAGOS Lawyer and counsel to the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, has dismissed claims by Government that Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, which came of the Pension Reform Act of 2004, has invalidated existing defined pension, describing such claims as mere misconceptions and misleading positions.