Flexible jobs, fragile rights: Employers raise alarm over labour trends
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employers’ Federation, CANMPEF, has raised concerns over the growing shift from traditional permanent employment to flexible work arrangements, warning that the trend could undermine job security, social protection and other workers’ rights if not properly regulated. The Executive Secretary of CANMPEF, Mr. Olorunfemi Oke, gave the warning […]
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 State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has offered automatic employment to graduands of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi who emerged overall best in the various departments.
Labour vows to resist pay cut by banks
ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s banking sector, has kicked against any moves by the banks to cut the salaries of workers and vowed to resist such with any means possible including industrial action.
Deregulation: I Weep for my country, says Esele
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), a central labour organisation opposed to the deregulation of the downstream sector to , name and bring to book those who manipulated, abuse and illegally benefitted from the fuel import subsidy before embarking on its planned total deregulation of the downstream sector of the Petroleum industry. This story is an edited version of the TUC statement
We are using Decent Jobs to tackle poverty …. Oshiomhole
…creates 6,780 jobs By Funmi Komolafe Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state leaves on one in doubt that labour gave him all.   Oshiomhole played up his background during his first anniversary  when he said “ I have three teachers; Comrade Hassan Sunmonu, Ali Chiroma and Abdulwaheed Omar. My labour background cannot be divorced from […]
