The government of Edo and Kwara states have announced the reduction of work days from five to three to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal on civil servants. In a statement on Tuesday, Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, said his government shared the pains of the people, assuring that his administration will stand […]
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University workers under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) have been directed to embark on a nationwide strike from Friday. The directive was issued in a statement signed by the leaders of both university staff associations on Thursday. Representatives of […]
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A major crisis looms at Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma, following alleged an attempt by authorities of the institution to force striking lecturers to resume classes. The varsity’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ignatius Onimawo, was also allegedly to have asked all Deans and HODs to implement a “no-work-no-pay” rule, just as he was said to have […]
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National Assembly staff under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), had fixed Dec. 4 to stage a protest over unpaid salaries and allowances. Mr Suleiman Haruna, the union’s Secretary-General, announced this in a statement in Abuja. Haurna said the first phase of the protest would take place between Dec. 4 and Dec. […]
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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged the state government workers to embrace the federal government housing scheme to enable them become homeowners after retirement. Obaseki gave the advice on Friday in Benin during a sensitisation programme on the federal housing mortgage scheme for public sector workers in the state, organised by the Nigeria Labour […]
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Workers in the chemical and non-metallic sector on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government against blanket ban of codeine to save the nation about 23,000 jobs. Mr Babatunde Olatunji, the President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees (NUCFRLAMPE) made the plea while answering questions from journalists in Lagos. […]
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Oil marketers have commenced a reduction of their workforce due to their inability to pay staff salaries, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Some of the marketers, who preferred anonymity, confirmed to NAN on Wednesday in Lagos that they resorted to adopt a massive sack of their workers as the Federal Government had yet […]
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Doctors in Kogi are angry over the inability of the state to pay their full monthly salary and have resolved to shut hospitals on Monday. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its members to resume strike on Monday over state governments’s failure to meet their demands. Dr Godwin Tijani, the Chairman of the association, […]
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Wednesday reaffirmed commitment to pay salaries and pension arrears of all genuine workers in the state. Bello gave the assurance at the APC rally tagged: “Yagba Alive Rally in Support of PMB 2019”, organised by Yagba Federal Constituency at Isanlu Township stadium in Isanlu. “I am assuring you by […]
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Labour leaders led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, on Wednesday led other unions’ leaders to the State Secretariat at Abere to shut down the place as workers commenced the indefinite strike. Labour leaders had on Friday announced that they would begin an indefinite strike immediately after […]
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