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UK commits £2 million to strengthen health workforce in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2023 0

By Doosuur Iwambe The United Kingdom has committed £2 million in grants to support Nigeria in strengthening her health workforce in the vision of achieving Universal Health Coverage. This is just as the World Health Organization commend the new funding commitment saying, the project will draw

Business

Tech experts mull bleeding workforce

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2023 0

By Godwin Anyebe Professionals in the Nigerian tech industry have urged the workforce to explore new skills as global layoffs near 200,000. Speaking recently in Lagos, the tech gurus appraised the development and offered tips on how to overcome the temporary setback occasioned by the lay-offs. Following the announcement earlier by Google CEO, Sundar Pichai […]

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Niger State sets new target to improve quality healthcare

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

*Employs more midwives Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja In its bid to boost its health workforce and scale-up efforts towards delivery of quality healthcare for pregnant women and mothers, Niger state government has employed more Midwives. This follows the demand for more and skilled midwives to take deliveries and provide respectful care to pregnant women and new […]

Business News

NNPC debunks having 70,000 workforce, staff performance probe

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2018 0

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that it has neither 70,000 staff in its employ nor embarking on a staff performance probe. The clarification is sequel to reports in a section of the media stated that NNPC has staff strength of over 70,000 and was about conducting a performance audit […]

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Prioritise health for better workforce, NPA boss tells employers

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2018 0

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has called on corporate organisations in the country to promote health fitness as a means of enhancing productive workforce. Ms Usman, gave the charge at the 2018 Nigerian Ports Authority Sports Association (NIPOSA) games, tagged ‘‘Calabar 2018’’. Represented by the Calabar Port Manager, Mrs Olufumilayo

Politics

Ambode harps on honing of soft skills in Lagos workforce

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2018 0

A charge has gone out to civil servants in Lagos State, to ensure the development of soft skills as indispensable tools in the state’s civil service. The charge was given by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day training session tagged, ‘Building Values and Sound Human Relations Skills in Lagos State […]

Business

89% of workforce not on pension scheme – NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2017 0

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that about 89 percent of the Nigerian workforce is not registered to receive pension. According to a recent report released by the NBS, the Retirement Savings Account (RSA) membership distribution data for Q4 2016 showed that 7,348,028 workers were registered under the contributory pension scheme from a […]