Tag: workers
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Two Ekiti Poly workers electrocuted to death while fixing faulty borehole on campus
Tragedy struck at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti on Tuesday when two workers of the institution were electrocuted while working on defective borehole on campus. Eyewitnesses told journalists in Ado Ekiti the victims were staff of the Department of Works and were said to have died while carrying out statutory function. One of the deceased,…
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May Day: Thank you for all that you do, Buhari appreciates workers’ diligence amidst COVID-19 pandemic
President Muhammadu Buhari has appreciated Nigerian workers for the way they have conducted themselves notwithstanding the difficulties of this COVID-19 pandemic situation. Buhari sent his message of appreciation to the workers through a Zoom meeting of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday. The President who was represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment,…
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Atiku clears air on alleged accumulated salaries owed workers of broadcast outfit
After days of silence, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to claims that he is owing some foreign workers recruited for his media company, GOTEL. In a statement today, his media office rebutted the claim, saying “Nothing can be further from the truth”. It emerged from the statement that money to pay the workers of…
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Ekiti varsity bows to pressure, recalls 363 sacked workers
The management of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU) has approved the reinstatement of 363 workers recently sacked by the institution. The decision was reached by the Prof. Bamitale Omole-led Governing Council at its meeting of 7th January, 2020 following the adoption of the report of the management committee set-up to review the report…
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Nigeria lost N4bn to electricity workers strike
The industrial action undertaken by members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday may have cost the country over N4 billion with nationwide outages. NUEE called off the strike yesterday after meeting with the Federal Government. Reports reveal that at least N1.9bn is lost on a normal daily basis when power generation…
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JUST IN: Ekiti Varsity sacks 900 workers
The Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has sacked 900 workers of the institution for various offences, its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun has said on Thursday. Olanipekun said that the decision was taken by the institution’s Governing Council in its meeting on December 5, 2019, saying that decision was in compliance with the reports of…
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NLC tackles First Bank on 1,000 workers’ retrenchment
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the management of First Bank Nigeria Plc., to suspend its plans to lay off over 1,000 of its employees. The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), an affiliate of the NLC, had recently alerted the central labour union of the plans by the first…
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FG may sack workers to meet new minimum wage demand – Ngige
…says N580bn needed to pay salaries annually Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Thursday, said that the demand of labour over the implementation of the new minimum wage would cost the Federal Government N580 billion annually. Ngige said that such adjustment, in line with labour’s demand, was not sustainable as the government…
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Fayose’s govt left N57bn unpaid workers’ salaries, pension arrears, says Fayemi
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday said that the workers in the state civil service were currently being owed N57billion as arrears of unpaid salaries and emoluments. The governor said this at a meeting he had with the civil servants as well as a cross-section of labour leaders at the Government House, Ado…