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Workers salary: FG to review minimum wage – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2022 0

By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government has revealed plans to review the current N30,000 minimum wage to meet current realities considering the global inflation and market prices that have affected the purchasing power. This was made known at the public presentation at the Nigeria Labour

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Second Niger Bridge at 80 percent completion – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said the construction of the multi-billion naira Second Niger Bridge had reached 80 percent completion. Ngige, who spoke as a guest on Channels Television Programme “Political Paradigm”, named the gigantic bridge among the five legacy projects to be bequeathed to the country by […]

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ASUU strike won’t happen, Ngige assures

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2021 0

*Says funds for payment of varsity teachers are available *Reps urge FG to do everything possible to stop ASUU’s impending industrial action Tom Okpe, Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, says the strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not take place. This is even as the […]

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FG moves to end casualisation of workers

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong Disturbed over the alarming rate of casualization in the nation’s workforce, the Federal Government has expressed pledged commitment to put an end to the unfortunate situation in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, conveyed the Federal Government’s commitment at a One-Day Public Hearing on three labour bills by […]

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Nigeria must provide decent jobs or face severe consequences – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has urged employers of labour and Labour unions to pay greater attention to the formalisation of workers across the federation, warning that unemployment and indecent jobs are huge incubators of national insecurity. Senator Ngige made the call while addressing a joint visit by the […]

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Ngige knocks states paying foreigners five times higher than Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2021 0

*Says such act does not encourage national unity, loyalty Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has condemned situations where some state governments employ foreign doctors and pay them five times higher than they pay their Nigerian counterparts. Ngige warned that such preferential treatment given to foreigners by some states ahead […]

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FG not owing any doctor monthly salary-Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 8 September 2021 0

*Accuses NARD of trying to use strike to arm-twist govt to accept illegally recruited doctors *NARD demands sack of Labour, Health ministers, hopes on Osinbajo to resolve crisis Doosuur Iwambe & Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government is not owing any doctor or […]

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FG wrongly paid millions of Naira to 588 doctors – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2021 0

The Nigerian government has vowed to recover millions of Naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors. Labour Minister, Chris Ngige spoke in a chat with State House reporters in Abuja on Sunday. Ngige said the affected doctors wrongly benefitted from the Medical Residency Training Fund meant for a particular category of doctors. Their names were […]

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“Don’t run with Andy Uba”, Save Anambra Group cautions Ngige cousin

Ihesiulo Grace 26 July 2021 0

A new pressure group, Save Anambra State Group (SASG), has appealed to Barrister Emeka Okafor, a first cousin of Labour and Productivity Minister Chris Ngige, not to accept the reported offer of being the running mate of Senator Andy Uba, the controversial All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 6 gubernatorial election in the […]

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FG restates commitment to ending child labour

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says the Federal Government has created an enabling environment for the fight against Child Labour. It is through the ratification and adoption of key International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions. Ngige stated this yesterday at an event to commemorate this year’s World Day Against Child

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Igbo’s producing next president will quench marginalization talks, says Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2021 0

Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has stated that the South-East producing the next president will aid in alleviating the region’s concerns of marginalization. He bemoaned the fact that the 1999 Constitution does not allow for zoning, which would have improved the region’s chances in the 2023 presidential election. Ngige, who spoke on […]

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Obasanjo won’t have granted you freedom like Buhari – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2021 0

President Muhammadu Buhari, according to Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, is frightened of breaking any law or the country’s constitution.Ngige stated this on Monday’s episode of Channels Television’s “News Night.” He claimed that Buhari is a democrat and that former President Olusegun Obasanjo would not allow Nigerians the same

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IPOB: Biafra agitation has indoctrinated Igbos – Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2021 0

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has replied to the Southeast’s agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB. Ngige claimed that the separatist organisation had duped people in the Southeast into believing that Biafra would solve the region’s unemployment and economic woes. He, on the other hand, warned against such a […]

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Hazard allowance for health workers to increase by 350 percent – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2021 0

The federal government has offered to raise the hazard allowance for all health professionals in the country’s public health facilities. On Wednesday in Abuja, Chris Ngige, the minister of labor and employment, told journalists this after a meeting between the presidential committee on salaries (PSC), key federal government partners, the health professionals

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FG invites El-Rufai, NLC leadership over Kaduna strike

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has waded into the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna State. He has therefore invited the two parties to the trade dispute, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El Rufai and top officials of the State as well as […]

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Momoh helped Buhari in picking Osinbajo, says Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has paid glowing tribute to the late Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he played a pivotal role in the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari’s running in 2015. According to him, “his death has […]

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N40 billion earned allowances released to ASUU Says Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

President Muhammadu Buhari waived the ‘no work, no pay’ Trade Act for striking university lecturers to allow peace to reign, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, said at the weekend. The government has released N40billion for the payment of earned academic allowances for varsity lecturers and earned allowances for non-academic staff. Also, the […]

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Ngige reveals how ASUU agreed on date to call off strike

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2020 0

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has reacted to the statement released by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi for claiming that the federal government has failed to deliver on its promises. The federal government noted that the timelines had been complied with and “faithfully implemented”. Ngige […]

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BREAKING: Health workers commence strike after meeting with FG

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2020 0

The Joint Health Sector Unions(JOHESU) has commenced its planned strike following inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. Daily Times reports that JOHESU members will begin the strike from midnight of Sunday, September 13, 2020. The union said it took the decision at the end of its expanded National Executive Council on Saturday. […]

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FG to meet NLC, TUC, others on Saturday

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

The Federal Government will on Saturday, September 12, meet with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), their affiliates as well as members of Civil Society Organisations as one of the ways to end incessant industrial actions by workers. The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said this on Friday, September 11, […]