Tag: workers
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I’m not owing workers, pensioners in Osun – Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said he is not owing civil servants and pensioners in the state salaries. Aregbesola said this on Wednesday in Osogbo at a symposium organised by the Osun Command of the Police Community Relations Committee. The governor said in spite of the economic challenges confronting the nation and the…
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7.5m workers register under pension scheme in Q2 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated that the Retirement Savings Account (RSA) membership distribution data for second quarter, 2017 reflected that over 7.5 million workers registered under the pension scheme. The NBS stated this in a report on “Retirement Savings Account (RSA) Membership Distribution for Second Quarter, 2017’’ posted on the bureau’s website on…
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2019: Get your voters’ card to kick out anti-labour politicians, Wabba urges workers, pensioners
The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba has urged pensioners and active workers who are yet to get their voters card to do so on time as that (the voters card) remain the only veritable tool to kick out politicians who operate anti-labour policies. Wabba said this when he paid a familarisation visit…
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Air Zimbabwe set to sack 200 workers
Loss-making Air Zimbabwe is cutting half of its 400 jobs as part of a restructuring plan to revive the ailing national carrier, its Chairwoman, Chipo Dyanda, said on Wednesday. Dyanda told Reuters that Air Zimbabwe would cut 200 jobs in its fourth round of layoffs in eight years. “We were overstaffed by a lot and…
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‘We’ll shut down ports nationwide over passage of Ports and Harbour Bill’ – Workers
Sequel to the passage of Ports and Harbour Bill by the Senate, port workers in the country are set to embark on nationwide protests on Tuesday over their disagreement with some sections of the bill, which they observed could lead to massive job losses. A source close to the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN)…
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Dead workers are still collecting salaries in Benue – Gov Ortom
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has lamented that dead workers and some others who are supposed to have retired are still collecting salaries in his state. He said the sharp practices had increased the state’s wage bill to N7.9bn monthly, which he said was too much for his government to handle. Ortom said this…
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Bayelsa, Kogi, Delta, 23 others owing workers 16 months salary arrears – NULGE
…Commends Lagos, Anambra, Kano, Cross River, 10 other states for prompt payment of workers’ salaries The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) said that 23 states of the federation currently owed local government workers’ arrears of salary ranging from one to 16 months. National President of the union, Ibrahim Khaleel stated this in a…
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‘Resume work or risk sack,’ Gov Ayade warns striking workers
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has ordered that the striking workers in the state should immediately resume work or he will sack them. Organised labour in the state have been on an indefinite strike since Monday this week over nonpayment of salaries to several civil servants, pension, and gratuities as well as the…
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Ondo State Government denies sacking 600 LG workers
The Ondo State Government has denies reports in a section of the media that it had sacked 600 local government workers attached to traditional rulers across the state. TheNewsGuru.com reports that no fewer than 600 workers attached to traditional rulers in the state were reportedly removed from the payroll of Ondo state government. According to…
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95% of Kogi workers have received salary, says Bello
The Kogi government said it has completed payment of salary to 95 per cent of of its workers that were cleared in the just concluded staff screening and verification. The state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, made the assertion on Monday in Lokoja in a statement issued to mark this year’s democracy day celebration. “ I…