Lamenting that the economic challenges were biting hard on Nigerian workers, Andrew advised governors finding it difficult to pay salaries to rise up to the challenge or consider resignation
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“Through this plan, the TUC will mobilise resources from its members, affiliates, partners and other investors to invest in a number critical assets across different sectors of the economy
The organised labour received a 24-hour notice inviting us to meet with Vice President Osinbajo and some other key government functionaries including the Minister of Labour and Employment, the Minister of Information, the Chairman of the Governor’s Forum, and the Minister of State for Petroleum
This followed the expiration of the April 25, 2016 ultimatum given the league management and the club owners to comply with the decisions of the Players Status and Arbitration Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation reached on December 18, 19 and 20, 2009, May 10, 11, and 12, 2010 and September 18, 2015
He said: “Since letters and appeals to the clubs and the League Management Company on the debts have yielded no positive result, we have decided to embark on picketing
The statement, signed by Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, the President of the TUC, and Comrade Simeso Amachree, the Acting Secretary General, added: “Where did such idea emanate from for God’s sake at a time the country is bleeding from all sides and seriously gasping for breathe? This is obviously a pointer to the fact that our Senators means no well for the country
The Conference will hold an extensive discussion on the state of the nation and the worsening plight of the masses occasioned by lack of electricity, massive loss of jobs, abject poverty, fuel scarcity, over-dependence on crude oil, abuse expatriate quota, etc
It said: “We are worried that if there unarmed protesting students will be killed in cold blood then there is no guarantee that protesting workers or citizens will not be killed
“Our role as a labour centre is multifaceted. We are saddled with the responsibility of functioning as change agents and watchdogs of both government and private businesses, with the issue of workers welfare as priority
It said Nigeria was witnessing an all-time high 5,075 megawatts of electricity for the first time in the history of the nation’s power sector
According to Oyegoke, it is time for the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria to re-strategise to tackle the problem of casual employment in the country
Aregbesola, in a statement by the Director of the Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Semiu Okanlawon, said Comrade Adetunji’s death is a big blow to the state, its TUC chapter and the labour union in general
In a statement on Thursday, the TUC added: “The decision to recruit 500,000 unemployed graduates and National Certificate of Education holders as teachers to curb the escalating rate of unemployment and to ensure that all the Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies are captured and brought under the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System are laudable ideas
In a statement signed by the President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, and Secretary General, Comrade Musa Lawal, the TUC said the birth of Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammed should bring tidings of good hope to Nigeria and the world at large.
Rising from its National Executive Council meeting in Lagos on Friday, the TUC also frowned at the handling of the Treasury Single Account by the government
The TUC said as a responsible organisation interested in the progress of the country, it considers it critical for all its organs to meet and take a position on these issues and subsequently publish its resolutions for the benefit of the government and people at all levels
In the statement, PenCom alleged that the guidelines “will boost government’s fight against Financial Terrorism and Money Laundering, and nip in the bud the dangers that could arise should Contributors decide to use RSAs to launder dirty money”
It said while it could be agreed that the Nigerian economy is in bad shape due mainly to fall in oil price from $115 per barrel in June 2014 to less than $48 per barrel now, the issues of poor governance and corruption by the political class account for inability to pay workers as and when due
The statement reads in full: “The attention of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has been drawn to reports of a resolution by the board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to pay the sum of N2.7bn to just seven of its members whose five-year tenure expires on 22nd of December, 2015
In a statement on Thursday, the body said: “Why should the masses be at the receiving end of every wrong and retrogressive policy in the country? Why must they always pay for what the rich consume more of? What sense does it make for a man who earns less than N20,000 per month to be made to pay over N8,000 for electricity bill alone within the same month?