When deployed for commuter service, the buses will significantly reduce transportation costs in the country, bringing hope for a more affordable and efficient public transport system.
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MURIC spoke as the Federal Government and organised labour continued negotiations over national minimum wage.
The ex-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress and former two-term Governor of Edo State said this on Tuesday.
The protesters are reportedly members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) not to embark on its planned strike action.
The organisations made the call in a statement on Sunday in reaction to the planned nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress over unresolved issues following the fuel subsidy removal.
Following the lingering economic hardship facing Nigerians, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC has urged the Federal Government FG to intensify discussions with the Labour unions on palliatives and alternatives as earlier promised, specifying that embarking on strike now is uncalled for.
Four labour unions of public universities said in a statement that the decision followed the variation of their conditions of service by the government.
They even had the effrontery to record it and post on social media for the world to see. And what was their grouse with the Federal Government?
They are Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria.
The Convener of the group, Dr. Gbenga Abimbola, said this on Monday at a press conference in Akure, the state capital.
Soyombo made the call while addressing members of the university community who had converged in front of the institution’s Senate building on Wednesday in Lagos.
This was contained in a statement jointly issued at the end of a joint meeting of the four staff unions on Thursday in Lagos.
An entertainment industry task force sent dozens of recommendations to the governors of California and New York, two of the largest US production hubs, and was awaiting a green light to return to sets.
The protesters shut the institution’s gates over allegations of maladministration by some staff members of the university.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has suggested the setting up of a volunteer team drawn from the labour unions and the civil society to complement the efforts of the security agencies to stop the influx of people into the state.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the union.
Labour unions on Friday described the death of Francis Johnson, President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria as shocking and untimely.
Kwara State Governor-elect Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has said that his administration will be fair to all workers in the state.
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Labour Unions to allow his administration concentrate on fixing infrastructure in the country rather than distracting it.