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UN declares 2021 international year for elimination of child labour
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution declaring 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, and has asked the International Labour Organization to take the lead in its…
Labour ministry inaugurates anti-corruption, transparency unit
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, William Alo, has inaugurated the reconstituted Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the ministry, even as he charged civil servants to operate within the extant…
NMLWS berates Morocco over human rights violation
The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) has condemned the latest human rights violation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara by Morocco Forces.Dr. Dipo Fashina, who spoke for the movement at the…
ECOWAS labour ministers adopt key policy documents on future of works
The Ministers of Labour and Employment in the ECOWAS region, at a meeting in Abuja, have adopted key policy documents on the future of work and decent job for all in the West African region.The two documents - Directive on Minimum…
NLC, Oxfam task ECOWAS Head of Govt to address inequality gap
The Nigeria Labour Congress g(NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Oxfam have called on all heads of government within the West African region to address the widening inequality gap in the region.To emphasize their demands and…
I’ll reposition NHIS for workers benefit — Sambo
The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Mohammed Nasir Sambo, has pledged to reposition the agency to benefit workers, who are the contributors to the scheme and Nigerians.…
NLC asks FG to sign up to UN commitment on ecological transition
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Federal Government to sign up to the UN commitment to support a just ecological transition by formulating national plans for a Just Transition, creating decent work as well as green jobs.…
NIPOST workers begin nationwide strike tomorrow
Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) across the federation will commence three days warning strike from tomorrow, over backlogs of three years unpaid allowances.The two unions in the sector- Senior Staff Association of…
FG gender friendly, sensitive —Labour perm sec
THE Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr William Alo said the government of Nigeria has been gender friendly and sensitive.Besides, he said the Federal Government has being doing everything humanly to…
Maritime crisis: NLC gives FG, IOCs two weeks ultimatum to pay contractors
TO avoid further escalation of industrial dispute in the maritime industry, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to prevail on the international oil companies to pay government…