Impending Strike: FG to Meet Organised Labour Over New Minimum Wage
The Federal Government says it will meet with Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over non transmission of the New National Minimum Wage…
On My Honour I Will Sign The PIB Once it is Transmitted to The Presidency- Buhari Promises
The Federal Government has pledged to sign the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law once the bill is transmitted to the presidency. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the…
ASUU Strike: We Will Resume Discussions Next Week- Ngige
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to resume talks next week to resolve the ongoing strike by university teachers. Dr Chris Ngige,…
ASUU strike continues as talks with FG makes little progress
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) have agreed to resume talks next week to resolve the ongoing strike by university teachers. Little progress was made when the…
FG committed to ILO standards…Assures Successful Hosting of GYEF, 2019- Minister
The Minister of State Labour and Employment, Prof. Stephen Ocheni, says the Federal Government is committed to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards on labour practice, social protection and equal opportunity…
Minimum Wage: Labour insists on strike as Ngige briefs Buhari, Osinbajo
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Friday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the threat by the organized labour to embark on industrial…
Minimum Wage: FG urges organised labour to accept offer
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige The Federal Government has urged Organised Labour to accept the new minimum wage proposal, considering the capacity and ability of…
Presidency summons leadership of organised labour over strike
The Presidency on Thursday in Abuja summoned the leadership of the organised labour to an emergency closed door meeting presided over by the Chief of Staff to the President,…
Strike begins Thursday as labour, FG meeting ends in deadlock
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will go ahead with its planned warning strike expected to start Thursday as the meeting with the Federal Government has ended in a deadlock. Channels…
Economic shutdown looms as FG, labour bicker over minimum wage
The Federal Government has described Labour 14-day ultimatum as “a subtle blackmail” to stampede the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and…