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LP to FG, Investigate utilization of refund to Govs

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

The Labour Party (LP) has urged the federal government to launch an investigation into the utilization of the budget support fund as well as Paris Club Refund given to state governors’ aside federal allocation. The party also took a swipe at the federal government for the circumstances

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Fractured and fractious unions: Inside Nigerian labour’s identity crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Commendable or shoddy, astute or shady, apt or pretentious; the range of possible opinions are diverse and depending on the inclination of the observer, can be regarded as valid for many aspects of Nigerian labour unions. Pointedly, unions in Africa’s largest economy are undergoing something of an identity crisis, one that is little discussed and […]

Labour

Labour, civil society advocate continuous agitation for change in governance

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The organised labour and members of civil society groups, have advocated peaceful agitation, centered on change, peaceful revolutions and governance overhaul as key to the much-needed change Nigerians are yearning for. The groups, comprising human rights activists, community-based organisations, students, academics, doctors, internationalists and artisans, said that it is

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Finally, FG sets up committee on minimum wage

Ihesiulo Grace 27 August 2017 0

The Federal Government has finally agreed to constitute a trilateral committee to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers in the country. The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, said that the Federal Government had written the NLC to forward a list of its representatives to the committee on minimum […]

Labour News

Organized labour in Ondo set for showdown with Gov over percentage payment of arrears

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

The organized labour in Ondo state is set for a showdown with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for introducing percentage and fractional salary payment for civil servants in the state, Daily Times gathered on Sunday. The labour unions, the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the […]

Business

Labour hails Dangote on investment, employment, youth empowerment

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2017 0

… Urges others to emulate him Following his fresh investments in automobile and agriculture, the organized labour has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and the Chief Executive of the Dangote Group for promoting investment and creating thousands of direct and indirect youth employment across the country and in Africa. The labour said Dangote’s patriotism remains

Business

2.1m Nigerians ‎lose jobs in 2016-NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2017 0

A report from the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS) has revealed that that 2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016. The NBS said the number of Nigerians who became unemployed rose by 2.1 million to 11.55 million at the end of 2016 from 9.48 million at the beginning of the year. The body, in […]

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Hardship in the land: Labour besiege Aso Villa

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2017 0

Government activities in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was practically crippled Thursday, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) led angry Nigerians to besiege the Presidential Villa in protest against the lingering hardship occasioned by faulty economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Led by the

Interviews Labour

Labour wants supplementary budget to accommodate new minimum wage – Ajaero

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2017 0

Comrade  Joe Ajaero, until recently, was the leader of a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress. He is now the National President of the newly formed United Labour Congress (ULC). In this interview with JOY EKEKE, he speaks about the challenges facing the labour movement and the objectives of the ULC.   Why did you dump the Nigeria Labour […]

Labour

New Labour body emerges as 25 unions elect Ajaero

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2016 0

No fewer than 25 industrial unions have picked Comrade Joe Ajaero to lead as inaugural president of a new labour body, United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC).   The unions elected Ajaero, who is currently the General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) as President of ULC, while the President of Nigeria […]

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Labour urges FG to activate NIRP

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2016 0

The Federal Government has been urged to the implement the National Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) launched in 2014 to revive industrial growth in the country.   Labour leader, and Vice President (Africa), of IndustriAll Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu, said at a news conference recently in Abuja, that there was no need for the government […]

Labour

Unemployment: The winding path to FG’s one million jobs target

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2016 0

It is an issue of serious concern that in Nigeria so far, economic policies have not translated into commensurate and improved social outcomes, especially for the over 60 million young people who make up majority of the population.  Joy Ekeke writes.   Africa is regarded as the most ‘youthful’ continent in the world. According to […]

Today In History

1926 Ford Factory Workers Get 40-Hour Week

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

On this day in 1926, Ford Motor Company became one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford’s office workers the following August. Henry Ford‘s Detroit-based automobile company had broken ground in its labour policies before. In early […]

Today In History

1886 International Workers (Labour) Day

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

International Workers’ Day is a celebration of labour and the working classes that is promoted by international labour movement and that occurs on May 1 every year. That day, May 1, is also the traditional European Spring holiday of May Day. Therefore, May 1 is a national public holiday in more than 80 countries, but […]

News

Anambra NIPR Honours Bishop Ezeokafor

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Anambra State Chapter, has honoured the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, with excellence award for his humanitarian services, purposeful leadership and for his ardent belief in dignity of human labour. Presenting the award, on Thursday, the body described Ezeokafor as a man […]

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Aviation Union Seeks More Roles for Women in Unionism

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Nigerian workers have been advised to educate and organise themselves, as well as give women greater roles in unionism, so that they could be relevant in the emerging labour market. The advice was given, on Thursdaty, by Comrade Abiodun Aremu, at the first annual Pre-May Day Seminar organised by the leaders of the National Union […]

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NLC Factions Hold Parallel Delegate Conferences in Ilorin

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

The current division in the Nigeria Labour Congress again manifested on Thursday as the two factions of the Labour movement are currently holding parallel quadrennial state delegates conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. While the faction, led by Comrade Ayuba Wabba, is holding its conference at Banquet Hall beside the Government House along Ahmadu […]

Features

Labour Pains of Minors… Born into Labour

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2015 0

If international human rights law is underplayed by governments across the globe, the child rights law suffers a worse fate, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As minors by law, children do not have autonomy or the right to make decisions on their own for themselves in any known jurisdiction of the world. Instead, their adult custodians, […]

Nigeria

ASCSN Threatens to Cripple Defence Ministry over Unpaid Salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2015 0

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has stepped up planned industrial action against the Ministry of Defence over lingering issues of unpaid workers’ salaries and other labour matters. The union also insisted that activities of the ministry would be crippled once its ultimatum to the management of the ministry expired without positive […]