The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN), an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), recently picketed Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited due to the company’s poor working conditions. During the picketing in Lagos, Comrade Okonu Abdullahi, the General Secretary of PTECSSAN, expressed disappointment that despite over a week of halted operations, […]
By Joy Obakeye The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PTECSSAN) has commenced a 3-day warning strike due to what it described as disregard for the norms and practice of industrial relations by Huawei Technologies Company Limited. PTECSSAN disclosed this in a letter signed by the General Secretary of the union, Comrade […]
Joy Obakeye The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has suspended its plan to embark on an industrial action that will affect the business of Huawei Technologies and in turn cause disruption to all networks in the country. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the General Secretary of PTECSSAN, Comrade […]
Joy Obakeye The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited over what it described as disregard and denial of the workers fundamental right to freedom of association as enshrined in section 40 of the […]
Joy Obakeye The Federal Government has been asked to withdraw the directive instructing telecoms subscribers to link their SIM card with the National Identification Number (NIN), stating that the policy is not coming at a good time. According to the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN), in a statement signed by […]
The Private Telecommunications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PTECSSAN), has urged the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and his counterpart, Ali Pantami, communication minister, to ensure the full implementation of the executive order signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on the abuse of expatriates quota and localisation of work in the sector. In […]
Joy Obakeye The National Leadership of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has called on the Federal Government to rejig its foreign policy to focus more on the welfare of Nigerians irrespective of where they reside in the World to curtail further vilification and attack on Nigeria citizens. The union also […]
Comrade Okonu Abdullahi is the General Secretary of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN). In this interview with JOY EKEKE he speaks about the challenges and implications of offshoring in the sector to Nigeria’s economy. Who makes up the Private Telecommunications and Communications sector? Non-government establishments/investors rendering ICT and courier services broadly […]