Organised labour on Friday commended the decision of the Federal Government to sanction trade unions that had failed to submit details of their yearly audited accounts to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
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The rift between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, may have ended as the labour union on Monday congratulated him on his reappointment.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has threatened to sanction banks, who sack workers indiscriminately, saying they ought to declare redundancy before taking such decisions.
Reappointed Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has promised to speed up the processes for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
The Federal Government on Friday requested the assistance of the International Labour Organisation in the review and strengthening of Labour laws in the country.
The Police in Anambra State on Tuesday promised to protect the lives and property of relations of the Minister for Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, in his Alor community the state.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has inaugurated a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustment in salaries arising from the new national minimum wage.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has asked workers to disregard the call by Nigeria Labour Congress for a one- day national protest on Monday.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has frowned at the Nigeria Labour Congress’s disruption of the inauguration of the new board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has opposed the substitution of Frank Kokori as new Chairman for the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of members of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, a parastatal agency of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The Permanent Secretary Labour and Employment, William Alo, has called on Labour officers to serve as vanguards for Labour justice by demonstrating professionalism, diligence, transparency and honesty for effective service delivery in discharging their duties.
The Academic Staff Unions of Universities has finally suspended its the three months old strike.
The Federal Government says it will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday in continuation of efforts to resolve the ongoing strike by the lecturers.
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have again failed to reach a compromise to end the ongoing strike by the university lecturers.
Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, says the National Minimum wage of N27, 000 is standard for all workers, but the Federal Government will pay federal workers N30,000.
Ngige made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of organised labour on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Federal Government has promised to transmit the Bill on the New National Minimum wage to the National Assembly by January 23rd for passage.
The Federal Government says the meeting with the Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over non transmission of the New National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly will reconvene by 1pm on Wednesday.