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INEC To Recruit 1 Million Ad Hoc Staff For 2019 Elections

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

*Allays Fear On Use Of Card Readers For Elections Olufemi Samuel, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said It would recruit not less than1million ad-hoc staff for conduct of the 2019 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmud Yakub disclosed this during an

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Kogi workers may go on strike over payment of half salary

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

A one-week ultimatum has been issued to Kogi state government by the organised labour to press home their demand for workers full salary for the month of July. This, they hinged on the sustenance of existing industrial peace and harmony in the state. In a bulletin signed by 35 out of the 42 chairmen and […]

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FirstBank elevates over 3000 workers, others

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has promoted over 3000 of its workforce in its recent promotion exercise targeted at rewarding staff for strong performance in driving the bank’s business. The bank, which continuously develops its workers and invests in their talent pool, said this year’s promotions was particularly targeted at lower and middle management cadres […]

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Cross River Govt wants workers to suspend strike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2017 0

The Cross River State Government has called on civil servants in the state to call off their strike, saying it was uncalled for since it has met all the demands of the workers. Addressing Government House Press Corps in Calabar on Thursday, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Tina Bankor Agbor, urged the […]

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Okowa challenges Nigerian workers on good governance

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2017 0

DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged Nigerian workers to champion the fight against corruption, ensuring that things work in the country. The governor made the call on Thursday February 23 20917 at the 5th National Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture & Wood Workers (NUCECFWW)

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Liquidated Nigeria Airways workers may get pay off in March

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2017 0

From all indications, the federal government is set to pay workers of the liquidated Nigeria Airways staff their full benefits about 13 years after liquidation. Daily Times investigations revealed that the government has done all necessary verifications to ensure payment of the workers whose over 30 percent had died as a result of various ailments […]

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Councils extort money from workers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2017 0

…….sells free score sheets at N5, 000 each Local government workers in the 18 local government areas of Cross River state are alleged to be extorting money from workers under the guise of buying score sheets for promotion interviews. Investigations conducted by our correspondent revealed that each form costs between N3, 500 and N5, 000, […]

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Fayose condemns increment in workers’ PAYE tax, urges reversal

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2016 0

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has called on the federal government to rescind its decision to reduce workers salary through obnoxious increment in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax, pension and National Housing Fund (NHF) deductions, which were applied on gross salary, making some of the workers to have as much 30 per cent […]

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Anambra to commence promotion exercise for workers

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2016 0

Anambra State Government has announced plans to commence promotion exercise for workers in the State Civil Service next year. Governor Willie Obiano announced this during a Holy Mass at Holy Trinity Parish, Awada, Onitsha. Governor Obiano regretted that workers in the state had not been promoted as they should be in the recent past and […]

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Ondo professionals accuse Mimiko of starving workers

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2016 0

The unpaid salaries of Ondo state workers, running into nine months have pitted Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko and Ondo professionals in Edo state against each other. A statement by the Chairman of the socio political group, Dr. Ibikunle Falana, and its Secretary, Bayo Olukayode, said the governor’s hardline posture of putting his personal interest […]

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Oshiomhole vs JUSUN: Workers Defy Resumption Order

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Striking judiciary workers in Edo State, on Monday, defied a directive by the State Government ordering‎ them to call off their over-four-month industrial action and return to work or face dismissal from the civil service. The ‎workers, under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, have been on strike since January 5 over the alleged unwillingness of […]

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May Day: Rights Group Slams Govs over Unpaid Workers’ Salary

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

A human rights group in Nigeria, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has flayed the state governors that were still owing their workers between six and ten months’ salary, saying that such a situation was unjust. It declared that the Federal Government, under the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, have pad the monthly allocation […]

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Informal Sector Looks to PenCom for Equipment Loans

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Workers in the informal sector who are presently wooed by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to embrace the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), have demanded for a window that would enable them get soft loans for the purchase of machines and equipment from their savings. This demand was made when executives of PenCom meet the workers […]

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May Day: Northern Govs Hail Workers, Harp on Accountability and Selflessness

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

The Chairman Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Wednesday, called on workers in the country to mark workers’ day celebration, by reflecting more on what they can do to fast-track national development. Aliyu, who made this known through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, said workers in […]