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 […]
Teachers carpet govt over rot in education
FROM the 36 states and Abuja, they converged in Asaba, the Delta State capital for the 4th quadrennial delegates conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, one of the affiliates of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.
MWUN moves against firms over unpaid wages
THERE are strong indications that Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, any moment from now may make good its threat to shut down the nation’s ports over unpaid wages to dockworkers by about 21 firms for tonnage handled in off_shore operations for the past three years.
CANMPEL seeks link between manpower production, labour market
THERE is no doubt that many Nigerians and organisations are concerned over the alarming rate of unemployment especially among army of able-bodied college graduates in the country and several suggestions have been proffered as panacea.
Reactivate economy, create jobs, ILO tells governments
The Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, ILO , Mr. Juan Somavia, has called on nations of the world to reactivate the real economy and create jobs as a way of emerging from the current global recession.
Food Union intensifies income drive
While most unions in the country are lamenting over dwindling income occasioned by declining membership, National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees, NUFBTE, is busy diversifying and expanding its income base. Like Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, and immediate past President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, would say, nobody achieves success through lamentation, but by confronting the object of lamentation head on.
