Nigeria’s refineries were shut down because they were bleeding, not broken — PENGASSAN
*Adds policy u-turns threaten oil industry By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has given the real reasons Nigeria’s government-owned refineries were shut down, saying the facilities were losing money rather than simply being incapable of functioning. The President of PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, in a chat with journalists […]
Contributory Pension scheme market under exploited, says Penman Pensions MD
MANAGING Director of Penman Pensions Limited, Mr. Wilson Ideva, has said the market opened by the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, a fall out of the 2004 Pension Reforms Act, PRA, is under exploited.
Pensioners lament unpaid benefits
THE Nigeria Union of Pensioners in the South West, yesterday raised alarm over the continued refusal of the federal government to pay members benefits as a result of the ongoing pension probe, lamenting that Federal pensioners were suffering untold hardship.
Retirement age: SSANU lauds Jonathan
SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan, praising him for signing into law the protracted 65 years retirement age Act for non-teaching workers of Nigerian universities.
Aptitude tests expose education fallen standard, says Mokikan
THE Executive Director of 7UP Bottling Company Plc, Mr. Femi Mokikan, has said aptitude tests before employment has exposed the level of rot in the nation’s education, warning that if urgent steps are not taking by the government, it could take Nigeria not less than 50 years to recover.
Ex- PenCom board member urges President Jonathan to embrace CPS
IMMEDIATE past Labour representative in the Board of National Pension Commission, PenCom, Barrister Ivor Takor, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to embrace the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, to give it the political will to sustain it, describing the 2004 Pension Reform as a great gift the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed to Nigerian workers.
