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Unemployability Of Nigerian Youths, A Ticking Time Bomb

Unemployability Of Nigerian Youths, A Ticking Time Bomb

January 19, 2023 2:07 am

When Nigeria’s minister of Labour, Chris Ngige described Nigerian youths as unemployable last year, the majority of Nigerian youths wished to go for his jugular. He was massively ‘dragged’, especially because of his position in the country and the very obvious unemployment problem in the country. Many people concluded that he was spewing trash to avoid taking responsibility for his failures as the Minister of Labour and Employment.

However, whether he made an earnest statement or was trying to hide behind his claims, an honest and unbiased look at the youths of these days will show you that his statement …

UK’s Opposition Labour Pledges To Reverse Tax Cut For Richest

UK’s Opposition Labour Pledges To Reverse Tax Cut For Richest

September 26, 2022 5:41 am

The leader of the UK’s main opposition party yesterday swore to ensure the reversal of the tax cut for top earners which was recently announced by the Conservative government as the nation heads for a possible recession.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the new Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss is in support of tax cuts as a way to stimulate economic growth and her government removed a top rate of 45 percent for the highest earners in a ‘mini-budget’ which was announced last weekend

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, speaking before the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, …

FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review - Ngige

FG Seriously Considering Minimum Wage Review – Ngige

September 20, 2022 6:24 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has asserted there are plans to increase the ₦30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made this disclosure at the Nigeria Labour Congress public presentation titled, ‘Contemporary history of working-class struggle’ in Abuja.

According to him, it has become very imperative that the adjustment has become necessary based on what was happening globally.

He said, ‘The inflation is worldwide, we shall adjust the minimum wage in conformity with what is happening now. The 2019 Minimum Wage Act has a new clause for …

Stop Misinforming Nigerians, ASUU Berates Keyamo Over Outburst

Stop Misinforming Nigerians, ASUU Berates Keyamo Over Outburst

August 7, 2022 2:46 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dared the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo (SAN), to point out some of the actions taken by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, to end the ongoing strike by the union.

The union lampooned the Federal Government accusing it of not having the interest of Nigerians at heart.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Keyamo, had during an interview on Channels TV had claimed that the Federal Government had done all within its power to end the strike by ASUU.

Keyamo had also appealed to parents and guardians to …

Police Detain Many Following May Day Clashes In Turkey

Police Detain Many Following May Day Clashes In Turkey

May 2, 2022 2:30 am

Turkish police on Sunday detained no fewer than 160 protesters who were trying to hold a May Day rally in defiance of a ban which was recently imposed by the governor’s office on workers in the country.

Images which were sighted on social media by Africa Daily News, New York on Monday showed riot police clashing with protesters very close to Istanbul’s Taksim Square, pinning some of them forcefully to the ground before rounding them up in a police car.

The Istanbul governor’s office confirmed that about 164 people were held after staging ‘an unauthorised rally’ and refusing to disperse …

Labour Day 'Remain Productive', Sanwo-Olu Urges Workers

Labour Day: ‘Remain Productive’, Sanwo-Olu Urges Workers

May 1, 2022 12:17 am

As workers across the world celebrate International Workers’ Day today, Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Nigerian workers, especially public and private workers in the State to remain productive and committed to carrying out their duties.

Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, in commemoration of the Year 2022 International Workers’ Day, described workers as the lifeblood of the economy.

He commended all the workers in the state for their patience, strength, passion and commitment to the development of Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole, urging them not to …

Minimum Wage - Labour Begins Strike In Niger

Minimum Wage: Labour Reveals When Strike Will Hold

March 7, 2020 10:10 am

The Bauchi State chapter of the organised Labour has threatened to embark on strike after 21 days of negotiations and government fails to begin implementation of the new National Minimum Wage.

Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the State, Danjuma Kirfi, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Bauchi.

According to him, the 21-day ultimatum was part of resolutions reached at the end of the joint State Executive Council meeting of different Labour groups in the State.

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The labour leader cried out over the non-conclusion of negotiations with

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China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world's leading brands, an Australian think tank said Monday.

Top Brands Accused Of Using Forced Chinese Labour

March 2, 2020 8:13 am

Top global brands such as Apple, BMW and Sony have been accused of getting supplies from factories using the forced labour, an explosive allegation that could reverberate in boardrooms across the world.

China is transferring tens of thousands of Uighur detainees out of internment camps and into factories that supply some of the world’s leading brands, an Australian think tank said Monday.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute said the Chinese government has transferred 80,000 or more Uighurs out of camps in Xinjiang and into factories across the country.

“Uighurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of …

Minimum Wage: NLC Declares Immediate Strike

Ondo Workers To Get ₦30,000 Wage As Govt, Labour Sign On It

January 25, 2020 1:20 pm

An agreement on the new minimum wage of N30,000 was on Saturday, finally signed by the Organised Labour and the Ondo State Government.

According to the agreement, the payment will take effect from January 1, 2020.

Under the new pay, officers on grade level 1 to 6 should enjoy the N30,000 new minimum wage while workers on grade level 7 to 17 will enjoy consequential adjustment on their salaries.

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The Head of Service, Dare Aragbaiye who signed the agreement on behalf of government, said the negotiations were carried

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Labour Union Reveals Next Action Over New Minimum Wage

January 10, 2020 6:37 am
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has directed state councils of the union to commence mobilisation of their members immediately, should state governments failed to implement the new minimum wage by the end of January 2020.

TUC President, Mr Quadri Olaleye and Secretary-General, Mr Musa Lawal, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at the end of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

“NEC-in-session commends the Federal Government for the eventual completion of negotiation with respect to the consequential adjustments and commencement of payment of the new National Minimum Wage to Federal workers.

“The congress, however, advises all

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Labour , EKSUTH Clash Over Sack Of 200 Ekiti Health Workers

January 2, 2020 8:26 am
The organised labour in Ekiti State and the management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital are heading for a serious clash over the sack of 200 professional staff of the health institution.

The workers were shoved out of the service in December, 2019, through a process called reorganisation by the management, but which the Nigerian labour and other allied unions, had succinctly described as “illegality and infringement of the civil service rules”.

Speaking for the staff, who are majorly experts in various fields on Thursday, the organised labour via the Chairperson, Joint Health Sector Unions(JOHESU), EKSUTH chapter, Com Omotola

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Removing Minimum Wage Will Enslave Workers – NLC, TUC

New Minimum Wage: Labour Gives December 31 Deadline

December 28, 2019 7:27 am
Organized Labour has said it was ready to go to war with any governor that fails to implement the ₦30,000 minimum wage by December 31, 2019.

Six months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the New Minimum Wage Act into law.

However, only five states – Kaduna, Kebbi, Lagos, Adamawa and Jigawa – have commenced implementation and payment of the new wage so far.

The Secretary-General of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has now said any governor that fails to implement or show commitment before the Tuesday deadline, would be deemed to have declared war against labour.

He told newsmen

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