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2020: We’ll mount pressure on massive jobs generation —NLC
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that one of its major preoccupations in 2020 is to begin a very robust campaign for generation of mass jobs and for already existing jobs to be decent.Giving an insight to some issues to be…
Stamp production and duties collection: SSASCGOC gears up for industrial action
Workers in all Federal Statutory Corporations across the states of the federation and Abuja; under the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), have warned the government of dire…
Ajaokuta Steel plant will provide over 15,000 jobs —Union chairman
Comrade Salami Jimoh is the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Mines Workers, Ajaokuta Steel branch. In this interview
by YEKINI JIMOH, he reveals the plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to revive the steel company.
FG calls for increased awareness on HIV in workplace
The Federal Government has called for increased awareness and sensitisation on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in order to fight the stigma and discrimination associated with it in the workplace.The Permanent Secretary, Federal…
Sunmonu, Head of Service, others harp on training and re-training of workers
Stakeholders in labour have identified workers as the driving force of the economy of any nation and therefore called for South-South collaboration among relevant institutions in resolving workplace challenges.Professor Akua Opokua…
Minimum wage: We can’t guarantee industrial harmony in states beyond December 31 —Wabba
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of the minimum wage at the state level. President of the congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, speaks on the importance of the parley. Soji Eze-Fagbemi…
Africa requires 26 million jobs yearly to meet SDGs —ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has declared that the African continent needed to create twenty-six million jobs every year to meet the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The Director General,…
FIRS must sell stamps, collect stamp duties proceeds —Finance minister
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has insisted that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), would be responsible for the provision of stamps to denote documents and collection of stamp duties proceeds on both physical and electronic…
NASU decries overtaxation of workers
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has lamented that Nigerian workers have been consigned by the Federal and State Governments, under the weight of the burden of overtaxation.While decrying…
ILO begins 14th African regional meeting in Abidjan today
THE International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 14th African Regional Meeting begins in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast capital city today.The ILO regional meeting will review the progress made by African countries over the last four years in…