Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says employment into the state teaching service will no longer be automatic, adding that the applicant must show competence beyond paper qualification.

ORGANISED Labour has said the N18,000.00 new minimum wage was based on current revenue allocation formula and argued that governors have no reason to hing their implementation of new wage signed into in March 2011 by President Goodluck Jonathan on a new revenue allocation.

A retired officer of the Canadian Labour Congress,CLC, Mr. Paul Puritt, has protested the termination of the appointment of the General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC, Comrade John Odah and called for his reinstatement.

For employers in the Chemical and Non-metallic products sub-sector of the Nigeria’s economy, the 2010 financial year that ended June 1, 2011, provided a unique opportunity to indirectly set agenda for the new government that emerged after the April general elections and to warn of the danger posed by rising unemployment, poverty and deprivation to the stability of the country.

CAMPAIGN for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has faulted the sack and intimidation of 20 union leaders Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State by the institution’s management and called for their immediate reinstatement.