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. […]
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, […]
The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has met with airline operators and trade unions in the aviation industry to discuss contentious issues, especially pay cuts, job losses and laying off of workers in the sector. A statement by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, […]
The Federal Government has assured medical workers handling COVID-19 pandemic cases across the country of payment of their June hazard allowance from Aug. 10. READ ALSO: 51 Medical officers, 17 inmates test positive for… Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the assurance on Thursday at a meeting with the Nigerian Association of […]
The Federal Government has so far spent N15.8 billion on hazard allowances in its teaching hospitals and primary healthcare centers across the country. READ ALSO: Doctors’ Strike: Ministers of Labour, Health brief Buhari Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige disclosed this at a meeting with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) leadership […]
*Keyamo kicks, says N’Assembly wants to bypass him Executive arm government on Tuesday soft pedaled on the face-off with the legislature over modalities for implementation of 774,000 jobs proposed under the N52b Special Public Works Programme (SPW). Minister of Labour , Employment and Productivity , Dr Chris Ngige, made the apology during a visit to […]
*Accuses body of complicity *Insists D-G’s suspension followed due process Labour and Employment minister, Dr. Chris Ngige, has maintained that the suspension of the management of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), followed due process. He also accused the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) of negligence which, he alleged, gave room for the suspended managing […]
Former governor of Anambra State and Minister for Labour and Employment Chris Ngige said this to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. “My candid advice to Nnamdi Kanu is that he should drop this meaningless Biafra agitation and join hands with the Ohanaeze ndi Igbo to see if we can produce a President come 2023. “Being the Minister […]
…Says ASUU lacks the right to dictate to Govt on how to receive wages Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says there will be consequences if the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) refuse government’s overture to return to the negotiating table. Ngige disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by his […]
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has urged the member countries of the African Regional Labour Centre (ARLAC) to adopt active policies and programmes to tackle unemployment and poverty in order to check the consequential social tension and violent crimes. Speaking at the 46th session of the ARLAC with the theme: “Strategic objective […]
…Says union have been marginalised for long Disturbed over the constant neglect suffered within the labour sector, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has appealed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, to urgently intervene as well as address several issues bothering the union as it is capable of snowballing […]
Workers in Ondo State have called for the removal of the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige. The workers under the aegis of organised labour on Tuesday who converged on Akure, the state capital to sensitize workers ahead of the nationwide protest on November 6th, over the demand of the proposed sum of […]
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, says education that is not directed towards job creation is useless. He therefore said there was a need for schools to revise their current curricular to reflect modern challenges and development, according to a statement by the Director of Press at the Ministry of Labour, Samuel Olowookere. […]
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has called on organised private sector to collaborate with the Federal Government in its effort at addressing the menace of youth unemployment in Nigeria. Addressing a breakfast session of the ongoing National Economic Summit (#24) in Abuja with the theme, “Multi-Sectoral Roundtable on Job Creation and Skills […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, believes the Federal Government deserves to be applauded by the Nigerian workers. According to him, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has been able to manage the welfare of workers in the country better than other administrations. “Many people will not remember very quickly,” the minister said in […]
…Insist on ability to pay workers’ salaries The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has again emphasized that Nigeria cannot afford rounds of labour crisis, hence, the imperative for the organized labour to accept a new National Minimum Wage figure based on the capacity and the ability of both the government and the […]
…Organised Labour kicks In an effort to curtail the issue of incessant strikes usually embarked upon by the Nigeria labour unions, the Federal Government has introduced a ‘no work, no pay’ policy. But the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the move by the Federal Government, arguing that the policy is against […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and the National President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade (Dr.) Bobboi Bala Kaigama, have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his sterling performance in office and outstanding commitment to the welfare of the state’s workers. The duo made the commendations in […]
…Tripartite Committee reconvenes Oct 4 to conclude negotiation- FG Apparently indicating collapse of talks between the Federal Government and its representatives, organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC), have directed workers to begin strike to demand a quick passage of a new minimum wage for […]
Senator Uche Ekwunife has explained that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, surrendered his nomination form for the Anambra Central senatorial zone contest to her to enable her reclaim her stolen mandate by the Judiciary. While addressing the crowd during the official opening of the Senator Uche Ekwunife Centre in Awka, Ekwunife […]