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1.4 Million Jobs Up As FGN Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry

1.4 Million Jobs Up As FGN Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry

1.4 Million Jobs Up As FG Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), has kickstarted the resuscitation of Nigeria’s cotton industry. The target is to create over 1.4 million jobs annually in the cotton/textile sector, while the focus is to develop key components of the cotton value chain comprising farming, weaving, ginning and linking of cotton, all in line with the industrialization drive of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. This was the outcome of a meeting held on Tuesday between Vice President Kashim Shettima and a delegation from the…
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Hardship Protest: Labour Warns Police To Stop Killing Innocent Citizens

Hardship Protest: Labour Warns Police To Stop Killing Innocent Citizens

Hardship Protests: Labour Tells Police To Stop K¡lling Of Innocent Citizens The organized labour has frowned at the brutal killings of innocent protesters by the security agencies, especially the Nigeria Police. Consequently, organized labour has called the appropriate authorities to fish out the trigger-happy officers for them to face the music just as it commended the officers who carried out their job professionally. A statement issued by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, entitled, “Stop this massacre”, called on President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with the protesters so that all the contentious issues would be settled amicably. The…
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Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70k Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares

Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70k Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares

Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70K Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares AttNews reports that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that employers are now required to pay their staff a minimum wage of N70,000. This mandate applies to all employers, including small-scale and informal sector employers, such as those who hire domestic workers or tailors. Akpabio emphasized that no employer can pay their staff below the minimum wage of N70,000, regardless of the type of work or industry. The announcement was made while the new minimum wage bill was passed into law on the Senate floor.…
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FGN Announces Month To Commence New Minimum Wage Payment

FGN Announces Month To Commence New Minimum Wage Payment

FG Announces Month To Commence New Minimum Wage Payment AttNews reports that the presidency has confirmed that the new national minimum wage is expected to take effect in April 2024. The Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, who confirmed this in a post via X on Tuesday, added that workers will be paid arrears of their increase from this period. Olusegun gave the update while confirming that President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly, seeking their approval for the new National Minimum Wage bill. “President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of…
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Nigerians Are Angry With You – NLC Warns Tinubu Over Looming Hardship Protest

Nigerians Are Angry With You – NLC Warns Tinubu Over Looming Hardship Protest

Nigerians Are Angry With You – NLC Warns Tinubu Over Looming Hardship Protest The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has advised President Bola Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protests movement for discussions on their grievances, adding that millions of Nigerians are angry about the state of the national economy. Recently, security agencies have been hunting leaders and promoters of the upcoming nationwide protest, ‘Day of Rage’ against economic hardship in the country. The protest, tagged: #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, which has been scheduled for August aims to address the country’s governance challenges. The NLC in a statement issued on Monday, titled: “Mr.…
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Gov Otti Meets NLC, TUC And JNC, Reassured His Commitment To The Welfare Of Workers

Gov Otti Meets NLC, TUC And JNC, Reassured His Commitment To The Welfare Of Workers

BREAKING NEWS: Governor Alex Otti meets with the leadership of organised Labour in Abia State; Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), reassures of his commitment to the welfare of workers. Against the backdrop of misleading information, Governor Otti says his government has not received any dime from the Federal Government to implement 35,000 Naira wage award for workers in the State but promised to look into the wage award demand of Abia Workers. Governor Otti stated this during a meeting he held with the leadership of the organized labour in the State. He…
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SSANU, NASU Begin Nationwide Protest

SSANU, NASU Begin Nationwide Protest

SSANU, NASU Begin Nationwide Protest The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a nationwide protest. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to the media in Abuja on Sunday, the unions said the protest would commence on July 9, 2024, across the state chapters of the federation, and a national protest in Abuja on July 18. The circular was jointly signed by the General Secretary of NASU and the National President of SSANU,…
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Don’t Donate Your Gratuities To Churches, Mosques – Sanw-Olu Advises Pensioners

Don’t Donate Your Gratuities To Churches, Mosques – Sanw-Olu Advises Pensioners

Don’t Donate Your Gratuities To Churches, Mosques – Sanwo-Olu Advises Pensioners Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has urged pensioners in the state to make wise use of their gratuities. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Thursday during the retirement benefit bond certificate presentation ceremony held in Ikeja. The ceremony was organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). Sanwo-Olu said the state has cleared all pension backlogs with the payment of N4.46 billion to 2,000 retirees. The Lagos governor congratulated the retirees, noting that they have worked to earn the pension given to them by the state government. He advised the pensioners not…
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Governor Bago’s Motivational Offers To Corp Members Posted To Niger State

Governor Bago’s Motivational Offers To Corp Members Posted To Niger State

Governor Bago's gift to Nigercorp members todaySum of N200,000 each 20 cows One trailer of rice 5 billion for construction of new campAlso promised N500,000monthly for those want to venture into Agriculture Automatic employment for medical doctors and others in health field inNiger State. A reminder that he is leading in Agriculture and Rural Development. Don't let your governors lie to you. Everything is possible if they want to do it.
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Governor Gives Condition For Payment Of New Minimum Wage

Governor Gives Condition For Payment Of New Minimum Wage

Governor Gives Condition For Payment Of New Minimum Wage The Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that no governor is against approval of a living wage for workers in Nigeria. Oyebanji said the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) was only clamouring for fiscal federalism that would culminate in the ability and capability of individual states to pay. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, during the Seventh Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Oyebanji said no state wanted to downsize its workforce. He added that each state was interested in determining what it could afford that…
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