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India At Work: Labour Reforms Aim To Boost Wages

India At Work: Labour Reforms Aim To Boost Wages

November 3, 2019 3:01 pm

Mumbai, India – Each day is a new test of Deepak Kumar’s resolve as he waits with dozens of others outside the Khar railway station in India ‘s financial capital, Mumbai, hoping to be hired by local contractors for a day’s work on a construction site.

“It’s always the same risky work and the hours never change, but the pay varies a lot,” Kumar tells Al Jazeera. Beholden to the whims of the “bosses” of the construction firms, his income sometimes dips below the customary $7-per-day rate for inner-city Mumbai, pushing his finances to the brink, he says.

“Right now

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Concerned Stakeholders Seek Reforms In Maritime Sector

Concerned Stakeholders Seek Reforms In Maritime Sector

October 9, 2019 3:33 am

Concerned stakeholders in the maritime industry have advocated for a review of the business processes of both government and private entities operating within the Nigerian maritime sector.

This, according to them, would ensure compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and improve efficiency and service delivery.

The Chief Executive Officer, The Convention on Business Integrity, Mr. Soji Apampa, disclosed this yesterday in Lagos, at a round table discussion, in collaboration with the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN).

The theme of the forum was: “Towards Standard Operating Procedures That Work in Nigeria’s Sea Ports & Terminals.”

According to Apampa, reforming operations in …

Traditional rulers need funding to help curb crimes - Oluwo

Oluwo calls for urgent reforms of Yoruba traditional system

May 18, 2019 11:04 am

As the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, called for urgent reform of Yoruba traditional system, he charged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, not to be silent on the lingering disunity among Yoruba traditional institution and insecurity ravaging Yoruba nation.

According to him, “silence at this critical point of our life is not golden,” saying the people are looking up to them for quality and visionary leadership.

Oluwo, who said it was disappointing that nothing is being done to address animosity characterizing the Yoruba …

U.S., EU decry election management in Nigeria, urge reforms

March 12, 2019 8:38 pm
The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) have regretted what they described as the lack of progress in election administration and conduct of political parties in Nigeria.The United States agencies noted that the Nigerian government had not given vent to the 35 per cent affirmative principle captured in the 2006 National Gender Policy, adding that the National Assembly had continually bungled the opportunity to adopt legislation that supports greater participation of women in politics.

Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, the African Regional Director of IRI, John Tomaszewski, expressed the disappointment of his delegation at the

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