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Jun

2024

Germany Opens Portal For Skilled Nigerian Workers To Apply For Jobs

Germany Opens Portal For Skilled Nigerian Workers To Apply For Jobs The Government of Germany has introduced the ‘Opportunity Card,’ a new initiative aimed at attracting skilled workers from non-European Union (EU) countries, including Nigeria. This is just as the portal where applicants were asked to apply showed Nigeria as one of the countries of residence of intending applicants. The Opportunity Card, a type of residence permit, allows individuals from third countries—nations outside the EU—to enter Germany to seek employment. The card is valid for up to one year and can be extended if the individual finds qualified employment, enabling…

Jun

2024

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Nigerian Army Speaks As NLC Raises Alarm Over Presence Of Soldiers At Meeting Venue

Labour, News Flash, Security

Army Speaks As NLC Raises Alarm Over Presence Of Soldiers At Meeting Venue The Army Headquarters has addressed and refuted a ‘false’ report by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), which alleged that soldiers are currently surrounding the venue of the ongoing meeting between the NLC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The NLC had earlier on its official X account raised alarm that soldiers are currently surrounding the venue of the ongoing meeting between the NLC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday night, TRIBUNE ONLINE reports. According to an official statement…

Jun

2024

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NLC Gives Justification For Shutting Down National Grid

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

NLC Justifies Shutting Down National Grid The Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday explained the decision of workers in the electricity sector to shut down the national grid. In a statement made available to journalists, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, faulted the Transmission Company of Nigeria over claims that the monitoring and compliance team of NLC attacked workers manning their facilities. The TCN had announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s power grid by labour unions as the strike by the labour unions began. NLC and the Trade Union Congress commenced a nationwide industrial action on Monday in protest against the N60,000…

Jun

2024

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Labour Shuts Down National Assembly, Federal Secretariat

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 The Parliamentary Staff Union of Nigeria joined the indefinite strike action called by Organised Labour, shutting down the National Assembly. The two gates of the Assembly complex were shut by the union with workers and other visitors unable to gain access. The electricity and water supply to the two buildings housing the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as other facilities in the complex have been shut down by the union. The move is in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), who had earlier called…

Jun

2024

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Labour’s N494,000 Minimum Wage Demand Unsustainable – FG

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Labours’ N494,000 Minimum Wage Demand Unsustainable – FG The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the sum of N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organized labour, which cumulatively amounts to the sum of N9.5 trillion bill, is capable of destabilizing the economy and jeopardizing the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians. Idris stated this at a news conference in Abuja in response to the threat by the organized labor to embark on strike if their demands were not met. He said the offer of N60,000 minimum wage by the Federal Government, which translates to a…

Jun

2024

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Labour Proceeds With Strike Despite NASS Leadership Plea

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Labour Proceeds With Strike Despite NASS Leadership Plea After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour confirmed that the nationwide industrial action scheduled to start on Monday, June 3, 2024, will proceed as planned. “For now, we don’t have the power to call off the strike. Tomorrow (Monday) morning, the strike will kick off as we take their (NASS) plea asking us to call off the strike to our various organs,” stated Festus Osifo following the meeting with the National Assembly leadership. Earlier, Osifo, the President…

Jun

2024

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Nationwide Strike: Blackout, Fuel Scarcity, Transport Disruptions Imminent As Unions Mobilize For Total Compliance

Labour, News Flash

Nationwide Strike: Blackout, Fuel Scarcity, Transport Disruptions Imminent As Unions Mobilise For Total Compliance There are indications that Nigerians may be in for hard times beginning from Monday, 3 June, as a result of the indefinite strike action declared by Organised Labour. Specifically, there may be nationwide power outages, fuel scarcity, and transportation disruptions, just as the nation’s seaports, schools, and hospitals, among other important government agencies and parastatals, may be put under lock. This is because all affiliates of both trade unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have commenced mobilisation for…

May

2024

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Minimum Wage: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike

Labour, News Flash, Presidency

(Minimum Wage): Labour Declares Nationwide Strike Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference in Labour House, Abuja. Ajaero said the strike would begin by midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Earlier on Friday, talks on minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour hit a brick wall when the government failed to shift grounds on the N60,000 it proposed during the last meeting. Recall that…

May

2024

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NLC Strike Looms As Minimum Wage Committee Meeting Postponed Indefinitely

Economy, Labour, News Flash

Strike Looms As Minimum Wage Committee Meeting Postponed Indefinitely The Tripartite committee on minimum wage has postponed its meeting “sine die”, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, sine die means a situation, “without any future date being designated (as for resumption): indefinitely.” Legal choices, a law website also describes sine die as a Latin word used when a law case has no fixed date for resumption. The Federal Government on Tuesday added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage making it the sum of N60,000 proposed…

May

2024

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CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members

CBN/Commercial Banking, Labour, News Flash

CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties. This is an addition to the long list of ongoing disengagements in the apex bank. This adds to the list of 117 staff sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The termination of appointments affects directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers and lower-ranking staff. Sources say those sacked are not less than 200. A staff member who could not disclose further details for fear of victimisation added that…