National Directorate Of Employment Trains 50 Graduates On Entrepreneurship In Kaduna

KADUNA — No fewer than fifty graduates received training under the Start Your Own Business (SYOB) project of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kaduna state. Sani Maiwada, NDE Kaduna State Coordinator said the SYOB is entrepreneurship development training for graduates of higher Institutions that obtained NYSC certificates. According to him, the government wants to see them being employers of labour at the end of the business training. “The essence of the training is...

NLC Vows to Shut Down Nigeria if Governors’ Proposed Petrol Price of N380 To N408 is Adopted

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated its opposition to the proposal of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) that subsidy should be removed and petrol pump price would be sold between N380 and N408 per liter. The union described the governors’ recommendation as provocative, arbitrary and insensitive to the current economic realities in the country and the extreme hardship that Nigerians are going through, especially workers. The congress threatened that any increase by even one...

Healthcare Workers to Get Enhanced Hazard Allowance Soon — Ngige

AWKA — Workers in the Nigerian healthcare sector will begin to earn improved hazard allowance soon, according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige. Ngige gave the assurance while speaking at the 41st Ordinary General Meeting of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in Awka on Thursday. Ngige was represented by Dr. Emmanuel Azuike, the Acting Chairman of the Chief Medical Advisory Committee at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka....

91 Ghost Workers Discovered In Borno State Health Sector

The Committee on the verification of health workers has uncovered 91 ghost workers operating in different health institutions in Borno state. Similarly, the committee also identified 21 health workers including nurses, operating with fake certificates. The 9-member committee was inaugurated in 2020 by Governor Babagana Zulum. Chairman of the committee, Dr Joseph Jatau revealed this on Monday while presenting the committee’s report to Governor Babagana Zulum at the governor’s office, Musa Usman Secretariat, Maiduguri. Jatau...

State Legislature And Judiciary To Start Enjoying Financial Autonomy Next Week-Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige says the Federal Government would by next week commence the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary. Ngige, disclosed this on Thursday after a conciliation meeting to resolve the strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN). In a statement by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan,...

Long Working Hours Increase Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke

A joint World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) report on Friday said long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016. According to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, published in Environment International, this represents a 29 percent increase since 2000. In a first global analysis of the loss of life and health associated with working long hours, WHO...

Financial Autonomy: State Governors, JUSUN, PASAN Agree On Implementation Deadlines

ABUJA — State governors and the leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have signed an agreement on the modalities and deadlines for the commencement of full financial autonomy for the state judiciary and legislative arms of government. The deal was orchestrated by the committee on the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature and judiciary arms of government led by the Minister of Labour...

NLC Suspends Five-Day Warning Strike To Honor FG Invitation

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its five days warning strike in Kaduna State. Announcing the suspension, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said the suspension was to honor the invitation of the Federal Government on Thursday to mediate in the dispute between labor and the Kaduna State Government. Earlier on Wednesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, waded into the ongoing face-off between the Kaduna State Government and the Workers’ unions...

Come And Arrest Me, Wabba Challenges El-Rufai

KADUNA — Hours after been declared wanted, President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba dared Kaduna’s Nasir El-Rufai to arrest him. On Tuesday, the governor in a tweet had placed a bounty on the NLC leader, declaring him wanted for alleged economic sabotage. “KADUNA UPDATE: Ayuba Wabba & others of @NLCHeadquarters declared wanted for economic sabotage & attacks on public infrastructure under Miscellaneous Offences Act. Anyone that knows where he is hiding should...

Northern Governors Forum Calls for Calm, Negotiation over Kaduna, NLC Disputes

The Northern Governors Forum has called for calm and negotiations in resolving the ongoing dispute between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the purported plan by the government to down-size its workforce. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, in a statement on Tuesday, said the forum is concerned about the impact of the strike on the State and its citizens. The Forum called for...

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