THE ancient of Benin City was thrown agog a week ago when the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, counterpart, held a solidarity rally, declaring support for the re election bid of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past President of NLC.

ON Tuesday, March, 2011, at the floor of the Senate Nigerians watched in total shock another assault against Nigerian workers and its peoples through the anti-workers’ Bill sponsored by Senator Heinekken Lokpobiri, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator from Bayelsa State seeking to make it unlawful for the trade unions in Nigeria to embark on any strike without obtaining thepermission of the different organs of the union through a ballot.

PARA-MILITARY pensioners are demanding for the sack and probe of the activities of Pension Reform Task Team led by Acting Director of the Customs, Immigrations and Prisons Pensions Office, CIPPO, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, accusing the team of compounding their pains and suffering.

ABUJA-The Federal Government has called on Pension Fund Administrators, PFAs, to fast-track the payment of benefits to the next of kin to deceased worker especially federal civil servant to alleviate the sufferings of the deceased family.

THE Five days public hearing held by the Senate joint Committee on Establishment, State and Local Government probing pension administration in country under chairmanship of Senator Aloysius Etok in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, did not only expose the rot in the administration of the defunct deferred Pension scheme, otherwise known as Pay-As-You-Go, it also opened a can of worms.