Lagos State Government has empowered another a total of 6, 678 Youths, Traders Vulnerable and Farmers in various agricultural value chains in the state. Following the 3,149 people empowered in October 2014 during the maiden edition of Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme, another
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Civil servants in the FCT have tasked the incoming government to improve the structure of the civil service for a better Nigeria. The civil servants in Abuja want the government to build a stronger service structure, and to improve the workers’ salaries and welfare. Mr Joseph Egwu said it was imperative that the incoming government […]
The Bauchi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) said it constituted a seven man standing committee for the safety of journalists during and after the elections. The council Chairman, Dahiru Mohammed, made this known to newsmen in Bauchi. Mohammed said the committee would ensure that the security of journalists were safeguarded at […]
The Nigerian National Summit Group, NNSG, has commended Nigerians for active participation in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls. In the same vein, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, also described the elections as impressive and innovative. LASIEC said that the use of the card readers for the elections was very
Representatives of trade union centres from G7 countries, international trade union organisations, the German government, business investors, NGOs and the OECD have met to get answers on how to ensure effective implementation of labour rights in global supply chains through shared responsibility. At the meeting with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, trade union
Hundreds of people, mostly young activists, took to the streets in the Portuguese capital, protest against poor working conditions. The protests, organized by Interjovem, a young workers’ trade union and the country’s largest workers’ trade union CGTP, took place at a square in downtown Lisbon. “One thing is pockets full, another is empty
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Bayelsa chapter, has said that only Nigerians can sustain democracy in the country by their collective resolve. The chairman of the congress, Mr. Tari Dounana, in Yenagoa, has urged politicians to play politics by the rules of the game. Dounana said that the 16-year-old democratic rule had been […]
The National Executive Committee,NEC, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ, has ratified June 24 to June 27 for its Triennial Delegates Conference in Abuja. The union stated this in a communique signed by the National Secretary of the Union, MrShuaibu Leman, at the end of the NEC meeting of the union in Abuja. Delegates at […]
The Federal Government has said it would not recognise the factional group of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led by Mr Joe Ajearo of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, in Abuja.l go The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen. Joel Ikenya, declared the stance of the Federal Government when DrAyubaWabba, led other newly-executive […]
