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ILO adopts first-ever global convention protecting platform workers

ILO adopts first-ever global convention protecting platform workers

By Victor Ahiuma-Young GENEVA — In a landmark move set to reshape the future of work, the International Labour Organization, ILO, has adopted the world’s first international convention aimed at protecting millions of workers in the rapidly expanding digital platform economy.The new Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention, 2026 was approved at the closing […]
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Banks compound our problems—Pensioners

Banks compound our problems—Pensioners

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Daniel Emeribe Alhaji Nojeemdeen Adebayo Ibrahim, is the Lagos State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP). At a recent a celebration of the Pensioners’ Day, he spoke to Pension and You on the challenges facing pensioners and how banks are compounding their plight. Excerpts. How would you appraise the […]

NLC, organising the unorganised

NLC, organising the unorganised

For a number of years, organized labour has been deliberating on how to get the unorganized sector organized. Several workshops have been held but nothing concrete has taken place. Recently, the Nigeria Labour Congress took steps to bring the informal sector into its fold.

PENGASSAN condemns  govt over workers’ right at Free trade zone

PENGASSAN condemns govt over workers’ right at Free trade zone

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has expressed concerned over denial of workers’s right in the country’s Free Trade Zones (FTZ) especially freedom of association as enshrined in the section 40 of the nation’s constitution.

Delta tackles unemployment with micro-credit

Delta tackles unemployment with micro-credit

A recent lecture by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru, Plateau State entitled “Micro-Credit Programme As a Tool for Wealth/Youth Empowerment Creation and Good Governance” was an eye opener in many ways.

Edo Gov. offers job to top graduands

Edo Gov. offers job to top graduands

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has offered automatic employment to graduands of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi who emerged overall best in the various departments.