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The NLC Needs To Reduce The Casualisation Of The Workforce

The NLC Needs To Reduce The Casualisation Of The Workforce

Nigeria, like many other developing countries, has a long history of exploiting workers. Casualisation, or the practice of hiring workers on a temporary or short-term basis without providing them with the same benefits and protections as permanent employees, is a significant problem in Nigeria. This practice is not only unethical but also has negative consequences for workers, their families, and society as a whole.Β 

For many years, this practice has gone on unrestricted and unpunished mostly because the culprits are big firms that are owned by ‘big fishes’. In the corrupt Nigerian business environment where survival is often predicated on …

We Own Obajana Cement 100%, Dangote Replies Gov Bello

We Own Obajana Cement 100%, Dangote Replies Gov Bello

The Management of Dangote Cement Plc. has firmly insisted that the Obajana Cement plant in Kogi State is 100 percent owned by it and that the invasion of the plant last Wednesday by armed vigilantes ‘on the orders of the state government’ was illegal.

Meanwhile, in a swift reaction, the Kogi State Government said the state ‘has all the relevant documents to prove that the purported acquisition of Obajana by Dangote is null and void.’

Dangote Cement Plc, in the statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York signed by its Group Managing Director (GMD) Michel Puchercos …