Tag: workers
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May Day: Don’t expect any increase in salaries, Obiano tells workers
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has told workers in the state not to expect any increase in salaries for now. This was contained in his May Day address to workers in the state. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the governor spoke barely 24 hours after the leadership of the organised labour in the state had endorsed…
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May Day: Stop paying early salaries, it lead to debts – Workers beg Ayade
Workers in Cross River State have beg Governor Ben Ayade to stop paying them early salaries as it make them indebted before the end of the month. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the workers got their May salary on April 30, on the eve of May Day, few days after April salary was paid, even while others…
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MTN sacks 280 workers
…Says we disengaged them to delve into full Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital operation Telecommunications giant, MTN has disengaged 280 of its employees in Nigeria. Staff affected include some 200 permanent employees and about 80 contract staff across various cadres, ranging from new graduates to senior managers. It was gathered that workers were…
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May Day: Workers disrupt celebrations over non implementation of new minimum wage
Sequel to their constant demand for a new minimum wage and the subsequent refusal of the Federal Government to yield to their demands, aggrieved Nigerian workers on Monday in their thousands disrupted the 2017 May Day celebrations at the Eagles Square, Abuja over the non-implementation. The workers insisted that the Federal Government had a responsibility…
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May Day: Workers are ‘angry,’ attend to their demands now, Saraki tells FG
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called on the Federal Government to immediately constitute a panel to work on demands of Nigerian workers for increased wages, arrears of pension, promotion and allowances. Saraki said this while addressing workers at the Eagles Square, Abuja, venue of the 2017 May Day Celebration. He stated further that government…
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May Day: We’ll clear 4months salary arrears, Ajimobi assures Oyo workers
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised to spare no effort in ensuring that the state clears the four months outstanding salaries of workers in the state. He made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr Yomi Layinka on Sunday, ahead of the commemoration of 2017 Workers’…
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May Day: Nigerian workers are priceless – Saraki
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has described the contribution of Nigerian workers to the growth and sustainability of the economy and nation as large as priceless. Saraki made this known in a message signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja at the weekend to mark this year’s 2017 Workers’…
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Bello collected over N31bn from FG, yet refused to pay workers – Melaye
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District (All Progressives Congress, APC) in the Senate, Dino Melaye has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of collecting over N31 billion from the Federal Government without settling both workers and pensioners in the state. Melaye said his stance on voicing and standing by the people is reponsible for the recent attempt…
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156 media workers killed in 2016- report
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said on Thursday that 156 media workers were killed in 2016 in 33 countries. According to the PEC, the figure is the highest in 10 years and an increase of 15 per cent compared to 2015. The figure included the nine Russian journalists killed in a plane crash in the…
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ExxonMobil shut over retrenchment of 150 workers
The Lagos headquarters of U.S. oil major, ExxonMobil has been shut, following a standoff between blue-collar oil unions and the management over the sacking of 150 ExxonMobil workers. Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) besieged the office of the oil giant, protesting the sacking of Nigerian workers. The…