Resident Doctors ESUT-TH Parklane Suspends Strike

HealthLabourResident Doctors ESUT-TH Parklane Suspends Strike

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 5, 2020

The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane has called off their strike with effect from 8 am, Wednesday 6th May 2020. The decision to suspend the 12 days old strike was reached during a meeting between the State Governor and representatives of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, and the Southeast caucus of the body. The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi pleaded with the group to suspend the industrial action with...

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COVID-19: Enugu Residents Appeal to Doctors in ESUTH to Call off Strike

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Enugu Residents Appeal to Doctors in ESUTH to Call off Strike

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

A pressure group called Enugu Urban Residents has appealed to resident doctors in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) to suspend their 11-day-old strike in the interest of human lives. The group’s president, Chief Samuel Okafor, made the appeal while addressing newsmen on the impact of the industrial action on users of the facility. Okafor said that the lingering strike was having its toll on their members who constituted about 90 per cent of health...

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BREAKING: Access Bank Denies Plan to Sack 75% Workforce, Close Branches

EconomyLabourNigeriaBREAKING: Access Bank Denies Plan to Sack 75% Workforce, Close Branches

PilotnewsMay 4, 2020

Access Bank Plc on Monday denied news making rounds that it would sack 75 percent of its workforce and as well close over 300 branches. The bank denied this in a statement signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, its Company Secretary, posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) website. It said the closure of a bank branch was an action that required the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the bank, it...

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COVID-19: Kogi Medical Doctors Reject Salary Cut

HealthLabourNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Kogi Medical Doctors Reject Salary Cut

PilotnewsMay 3, 2020

Members of the Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have vowed not to accept the proposed cutting of salaries of its members and other healthcare workers by the Kogi Government. A statement by the Chairman of the NMA in the state, Dr Kabiru Zubair, in Lokoja on Sunday, said the attention of the NMA had been drawn to the proposed wage cut by the government. ”The NMA is not unaware of the...

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ESUT-TH Resident Doctors Take to the Street

LabourNewsNigeriaESUT-TH Resident Doctors Take to the Street

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2020

The Resident doctors of ESUT Teaching Hospital Parklane Enugu took to the streets of Enugu Metropolis yesterday in a peaceful demonstration of the inhuman treatment and denial of their rights. The doctors who assembled within the hospital premises under heavy surveillance of security officers prayed before taking to the streets with their placards. Recall that the doctors under the auspices of the Association of Resident Doctors ESUT-TH Parklane resumed her indefinite withdrawal of services effective...

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Resident Doctors ESUT Teaching Hospital on Indefinite Withdrawal of Services as State Governor Reneges on Agreement

HealthLabourNigeriaResident Doctors ESUT Teaching Hospital on Indefinite Withdrawal of Services as State Governor Reneges on Agreement

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2020

The Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane, in pursuant of the unanimous decision arrived at the Emergency Congress Meeting, EGM, of the association held on March 27, 2020, has resumed indefinite withdrawal of services effective from 8 am, April 24th, 2020. A statement signed by the Executive Committee of the association states that the ARD had in good faith suspended withdrawal of her services which they embarked on March 26th, 2020, based on...

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COVID-19: Families of Deceased Health Workers to Get Compensation– NAICOM

CoronavirusLabourNigeriaCOVID-19: Families of Deceased Health Workers to Get Compensation– NAICOM

PilotnewsApril 24, 2020

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says the insurance industry will pay an assured sum of N3 million each to families of medical doctors who died on the line of duty while fighting COVID-19. Mr. Sunday Thomas, the Acting Commissioner for Insurance, NAICOM, made the disclosure in Abuja on Friday. The document was presented to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Thomas said that families of nurses and pharmacists who also died in active service would...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Oil Union Suspends Industrial Action After Exxon Mobil Workers Freed

EconomyLabourNigeriaBREAKING: Nigerian Oil Union Suspends Industrial Action After Exxon Mobil Workers Freed

PilotnewsApril 19, 2020

YENAGOA, Nigeria  – A major Nigerian oil union has suspended planned industrial action after 21 Exxon Mobil Corp. employees quarantined last week after their arrest for violating coronavirus-related movement restrictions were freed, it said on Sunday. He said 22 workers, whose coronavirus status was unknown, were quarantined in line with relevant health protocols and would be charged in court. But Wike’s spokesman, Simeon Nwakaudu, on Sunday issued a statement that said the workers were all...

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UPDATE 2-Child Labour Still Prevalent in West Africa Cocoa Sector Despite Industry Efforts -Report

AfricaLabourSpecial ReportUPDATE 2-Child Labour Still Prevalent in West Africa Cocoa Sector Despite Industry Efforts -Report

PilotnewsApril 11, 2020

The use of child labour on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, according to a draft of a U.S. government-sponsored report seen by Reuters. More than 2 million children worked in the sector last season in the West African countries that produce about two-thirds of the world’s cocoa, according to the draft of a report funded by the U.S. Department...

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Lockdown: Petrol Distributors Laud FG Over Reduction in Diesel, Kerosene Pump Price

CoronavirusLabourNigeriaLockdown: Petrol Distributors Laud FG Over Reduction in Diesel, Kerosene Pump Price

PilotnewsApril 10, 2020

The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADTOP), has commended the Federal Government for the reduction in the pump price of diesel and kerosene in the country. Bashir Dan-Malam, the Zonal Chairman of the association, made the commendation while inspecting the distribution of petroleum products at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Depot, on Friday in Kano. It will be recalled that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) had last week announced reduction...

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