Tag: workers
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Don’t consider suicide as option, NLC begs unpaid Kogi workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday appealed to workers in Kogi State not to see suicide as a way out of the current hardship imposed on them as a result of non-payment of their salaries. The state Chairman of the NLC, Mr Onu Edoka, who made the appeal in Lokoja warned the workers against…
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Nigerian workers deserve good remuneration – Gbajabiamila
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday said Nigerian workers deserve adequate remuneration in view of their contributions to the economy. Gbajabiamila spoke with newsmen after teaching more Senior Secondary School students in their classrooms in his Surulere 1 Federal Constituency. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the lawmaker taught students topics…
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Stop treating workers like slaves, NLC warns MTN, AEFB
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday picketed the Abuja corporate headquarters of telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) over anti-Labour practices, accusing the two organizations of subjecting workers to slave labour. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba who led the picketing said it was part of activities marking…
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Labour crisis: Politicians are playing with destiny of people of Kogi – Bello
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says some politicians are playing with the destiny of the people of his state. On Wednesday, some workers in the state appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to send food supplies and other relief materials to them. The workers said they had…
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‘IDPs better than us, we can’t afford one meal a day,’ say Kogi workers
The organised labour in Kogi state continued on Wednesday, the workers said the agony they were facing then was more than that faced internally displaced persons (IDP). The organised labour said the workers in the state needed the services of the humanitarian agencies to provide relief materials for them. The workers in a statement signed…
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Strikes: Be more proactive to workers’ demand – NLC tells FG, States
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday urged the Federal, States and Local Governments to be more proactive to workers’ demand to avoid a total breakdown of activities as currently obtained in the health and education sectors. In an exclusive phone conversation with TheNewsGuru.com, an executive of the union, who spoke on condition of anonymity…
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We pay 60% of LG workers in Nasarawa for idleness – Commissioner
The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Haruna Osegba, has said more than 60 per cent of local government workers in the state are receiving salaries for doing nothing. “We have discovered that over 60 percent of staff at the local government levels are not going to work, but only come…
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Resume work immediately or face sanctions, Ambode orders LASPOTECH workers
…sues staff unions of the polytechnic The Lagos State government has filed a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction before the National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos to restrain the staff unions of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) from embarking on another strike action. The state government also directed the striking workers to return to work…
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Aregbesola is a liar, workers, pensioners in Osun not yet paid – DSM
Sequel to a statement credited to the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola that his administration has cleared salary arrears of workers and pensioners in the state, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) has faulted the claim insisting that the governor is yet to make the payments. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Aregbesola made the comment on Wednesday…
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Boko Haram: NNPC not sure insurgents have released kidnapped staff
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday said he cannot confirm if any of the oil workers kidnapped by Boko Haram has been rescued. Kachikwu made the claim while addressing journalists at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, headquarters in Abuja. “We only heard, but can’t confirm if anyone has been…