Some Governors have taken the initiative to increase the salary of workers in their respective states pending the outcome of negotiations between the government and organized labour on the new minimum wage. The Governors cited the rising cost of living occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies as one of the factors responsible for the…
Petroleum marketers in the country have confirmed that Nigerians will soon begin to purchase fuel easily from filling stations across the country and at a reduced price instead of the N700 to N750 per litre. They confirmed the development while speaking to Legit. Also, the national secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), James…
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has announced a region-wide sit-at-home on May 30 in the Southeast. In a statement issued via its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, IPOB said the sit-at-home is a tribute to the Biafran heroes who lost their lives during the civil war from 1967 to 1970. Powerful said the group had…
The organised labour has denied a claim that the ongoing negotiations for a new minimum wage have been deadlocked. It was earlier reported that a source said the ongoing talks for a new minimum wage ended in a stalemate following the inability of the Federal Government and the labour unions to reach a consensus on the issue….
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to remedy the shortage of personnel in the public primary and secondary schools. The governor made the pronouncement on May 1, 2024, during the Workers’ Day celebration at Pa Ngele…
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to remedy the shortage of personnel in the public primary and secondary schools. The governor made the pronouncement on May 1, 2024, during the Workers’ Day celebration at Pa Ngele…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination to sanitise the state civil service…
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, has blamed bad road infrastructure and insecurity under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the death of 35 persons from accidents in Kogi and Enugu states. Obi disclosed this in several posts on his official X handle on Wednesday. Recall that accidents in…
The organised labour in Niger State has given the government 24 hours to commence the refund of monies deducted from civil servants for Contributory Health Care Scheme or face industrial action that would ground the state indefinitely. The state chairman of the union, Comrade Idris Lafene, gave the ultimatum during a low-key celebration of the…
Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson to President Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight in support of the Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, alleging that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last general election, Mr Peter, was inciting Igbos against the government. Onanuga said Umahi’s allegation underscores Obi’s hypocrisy on the Lagos-Calabar superhighway….
