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ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers of Labour support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19
The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five…
NSITF: We’ll change the narrative, clear banana peels —New management
The new management team of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), led by its Managing Director, Michael Akabogu, had a parley with the media on the present state of the fund, following its perceived negative image as a result of…
Buhari, EFCC should ensure probe of ALGON over fraudulent deduction of fund allocated to Local…
The General Secretary of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Chukwuemeka Aguonye, speaks on the alleged fraud being perpetrated by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), an association of chairmen…
Kaduna labour crisis: NCSU backs NLC action against govt
The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) has given full backing and support to various actions taken by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to protest the sack of thousands of workers by the Kaduna State Government.In a communiqué issued at…
FG to decide new hazard allowance for health workers
The Federal Government has resolved to take the final decision on the new hazard allowance for health workers.Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on…
FG, ILO begin process of validating revised National Policy on Labour Migration
The Nigeria Government and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have started the process of validating the revised National Policy on Labour Migration.With the support of the ILO, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation…
FG in last move to resolve Kaduna Govt, NLC dispute
The Federal Government has made the last move to amicably resolve the Labour crisis between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), over the mass sack of thousands of workers without due process in the state and…
Global labour migration grows to 169 million amidst vulnerabilities
Soji-Eze Fagbemi looks at the new report on global labour migration: ‘ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers: Result and Methodology[, recently released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), its major highlights and…
NLC rejects planned sale of TCN
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the alleged planned sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and warned against what it described as behind the scene manoeuvrings of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in the…
Wogu commends creation of 10.5 million jobs
The former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has commended the said creation of 10.5 million jobs by President Muhammadu Buhari administration.Chief Wogu, who gave the commendation while speaking to journalists in…