The warning strike called by Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress over disagreements on the adoption of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was effective in some parts of the country.
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Students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, have expressed displeasure over the strike embarked upon on Thursday by the labour movement in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government is committed to winning the war against corruption in Nigeria.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this in a statement issued in Abuja by Samuel Olowookere, the Director of Press in the ministry.
Labour in a statement signed by Jerry Nnubia, chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ifeanyi Okechukwu, chairman, Trade Union Congress, and Jibuike Ikenna of Joint Negotiating Council, said workers should stay at home and await further directives.
The Debt Management Office says as part of activities for raising capital for the 2018 budget, the Federal Government raised N96.7 billion at its bond auction on Wednesday.
Ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited are getting set for a fresh verification following the Federal Government’s approval of N22.6 billion for the payment of their entitlements.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this when he inaugurated an 11-man committee to proffer solutions to the crisis in the Energy Commission of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Federal Government says the latest flood data has indicated that the worst is over as the water level at Lokoja and Lagdo Dam in Cameroun dropped significantly.
The President gave the assurance when he addressed High Level meeting on the theme “United Against Tuberculosis: Global Action Against Global Threat” on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen after a closed meeting with the leadership of organised labour on Wednesday in Abuja.
The experts made the call at the first International Day of Sign Languages to commemorate the maiden edition of the International Day of Sign Languages at the United Nations Information Centre on Wednesday in Lagos.
Gbade Akande, the state Chairman of the union made the call on Wednesday while addressing journalists, after a prayer session at the Secretariat of the union in Ibadan.
The Organised Labour has called on workers from all sectors of the economy to comply with the seven days nationwide warning strike over refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the negotiation on Minimum Wage.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday said his administration was considering ways to upscale the Federal Government’s Cash Transfer Scheme in recognition of its benefits to the people.
The Federal Government is currently holding a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress Trade Union Congress and other stakeholders over the planned nationwide 7-day warning strike expected to commence midnight Wednesday, September 26.
The Federal Government filed the suit against Chevron Nigeria Ltd, and Chevron Petroleum Nigeria Ltd, as first and second defendants, respectively.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Owerri zone, has called on the Federal Government to urgently open renegotiation on the 2009 agreement with the union to avoid industrial disharmony.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed November 20 for the re-arraignment of former Benue governor, Gabriel Suswam, on a 32-count charge brought against him by the Federal Government.
The General-Secretary of the NLC, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, gave the directive in a bulletin on the planned strike, issued in Abuja on Thursday.