Tag: Workers Day
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May Day: Senate President greets Nigerian workers
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Nigerian workers as they join their counterparts the world over to mark the Workers’ Day. Lawan congratulated Nigerian workers for sustaining their heroic struggle for the liberation of the country from poverty and underdevelopment even in the face of the daunting challenges at various work places.…
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Workers’ Day: Gbajabiamila salutes Nigerian workers, tasks them on productivity
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated the Nigerian workers for marking this year’s International Workers’ Day. Gbajabiamila said although the day is being marked quietly across the globe as a result of the lockdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much to remember about the sacrifices made by…
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May Day: Atiku commends health workers leading battle against COVID-19 pandemic
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Workers’ Day, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has commended health workers leading the battle to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1 every year. Abubakar, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said this year’s Workers…
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COVID-19 and Virtual MAY DAY [Full text of Issa Aremu’s Workers’ Day Address]
2020 May Day Message By Comrade Issa Aremu, mni Vice President, IndustriALL Global Union COVID-19: and Virtual MAY DAY GREETINGS Today I join all workers of the world on the occasion of 2020 May Day. As the Vice President representing our beautiful continent, Africa, on the Executive Committee of IndustriAll Global Union founded in Copenhagen,…
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Workers’ Day: FG declares Wednesday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, as public holiday to celebrate the 2019 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. (Rted) Abdulrahman Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerian workers on their commitment and sacrifice toward building a greater Nigeria. Dambazau made the announcement in a…
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Rivers Govt. gives N3.6 billion to SMEs, civil servants
The Rivers state government has approved an annual interest-free loan disbursement to the tune of N3,600,000,000.00 (three billion, six hundred thousand naira) for small businesses and civil servants in the State. The State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, made this known in an address during the 2018 Workers Day celebrations in Port Harcourt, where he also…
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Gov. Wike urges NLC, TUC to Occupy Nigeria
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have failed Nigerians by refusing to act in the face of unbridled killings of defenceless Nigerians across the country. The Rivers State Governor made the declaration in an address during the 2018 Workers Day celebrations in Port Harcourt…
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Workers’ day: Obaseki approves N1.5bn Paris refunds for payment of arrears
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has approved the use of N1.5 billion from the Paris Club refunds to offset part of N2.5 billion salary and pension arrears of local government workers in the state. The governor announced the decision during May Day celebration in the state which held at the University of Benin Sports Complex…
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#WorkersDay: Nigerians urge FG to tackle insecurity
A cross section of Nigerians have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take necessary step to stop incessant killings by suspected herdsmen across the country. Some of the people, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja, said that if the killings continued unabated conducting elections in 2019 would be difficult.…