FEW days ago, stakeholders in the media industry gathered in Lagos at one-day roundtable on “Working and Welfare Situation of Journalists in Nigeria.”

Last week Lagos State pensioners converged at the state Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja to receive retirement bond certificates in accordance with the implementation of the state contributory pension scheme, a fallout of Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004.

THE 6th National Labour Relations Summit organised by Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies, MINILS, held few days ago at the ancient city of Ilorin, Kwara State, with the theme “ Nigeria at 50: Appraising the Role of Labour in Nation Building”, would not have come at a more critical time in the history of Nigeria when no labour leader, dead or alive was in the list of 50 Nigerians honoured by President Jonathan for their roles in the socio-economic and political development of Nigeria as part of the nation’s golden independence anniversary.

THEIR countenance was nothing to behold it was clearly evident that they were angry with the system following the directive that they should report in Abuja for the new biometric verification

THERE is no gainsaying the fact that workers have been the worst victims of economic crisis across the globe with countries like Nigeria rather than implement policies to reverse the trend, are dogmatically implementing policies that compound the woes of workers.