Tag: workers
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Pay us our salaries, we are dying – Kogi workers tell Gov Bello
Workers in Kogi State have appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello to clear their backlog of their salaries before death kills them all. The appeal was made on behalf of the workers by the chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Onu Edoka, spoke on Friday at an event to mark the 40th anniversary…
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Workers protest as suspended NHIS Executive Secretary resumes
There was protest at the headquarters of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as the newly reinstated Executive Secretary, Prof. Yusuf Usman resumed work on Thursday. The workers under the aegis of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria and the Joint Health Sector Union during protest demanded that Yusuf’s reinstatement be reversed while…
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Melaye condemns sack of Kogi workers, says it is ‘illegal, unacceptable’
…Urges affected civil servants to seek redress in court Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye on Tuesday condemned the state government’s recent sack of some civil servants in the state. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Kogi State Government on Sunday confirmed the compulsory retirement of eight permanent secretaries, some directors and dismissal of 1,…
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Paris Club Refund: Dickson releases N5.6bn to clear workers’ salaries
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Friday ordered the release of N5.6billion out of N14.8billion Paris Club Refund he received in December last year for the payment of one- and- half month salary arrears owed workers during the economic recession of 2016. It was gathered that the governor called a meeting of top government…
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LAUTECH Teaching Hospital management sacks 255 workers
No fewer than two hundred and fifty-five (255) workers of Ladoka Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital have been sacked by the management of the institution. An internal memorandum signed by one A.M Ajiferuke, dated 27th December, 2017, a copy obtained by TheNewsGuru.com on Thursday morning, confirmed the disengagement of workers of the teaching…
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JUST IN: Osun workers commence strike over half salary payment
Workers in Osun State on Wednesday commenced an indefinite strike over the payment of half salaries by the Rauf Aregbesola led government. Labour leaders led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, on led other unions’ leaders to the State Secretariat at Abere to shut down the place…
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Yuletide: Okorocha orders ‘Happiness Ministry’ to pay Nov, Dec workers’ salaries
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has directed the immediate payment of November and December salaries of civil servants in the state. A statement issued on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information, Nnamdi Obiaraeri, said the motive was to ensure that all employees of the state government had seamless Christmas.” The statement read, “This…
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Bello sent thugs, stopped me from donating 1260 bags of rice to civil servants – Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of sending thugs to stop him from sharing the bags of rice and other relief materials donated to civil servants in the state. The bags of rice, numbering 1260, were donated by some senators to aid civil servants in Kogi state who have reportedly not…
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Jos Disco disengages 150 workers
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JEDC has sacked 150 workers, in what its management said was part of a re-organisation aimed at optimum performance. Among those sacked across its four states of Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi and Benue were marketers, linesmen, network engineers, cable joiners and electrical fitters. Their sack letters, signed by Abubakar Mohammed, Head,…
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Suicide: We’ll resist Bello’s attempt to massacre Kogi workers
…as labour leader mobilises against alleged oppression of workers in the state The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday said it will resist attempts by the Kogi State Government to starve its workforce of their entitlements. It, therefore, urged Nigerians to rally round workers especially those in Kogi State by donating relief materials to them.…