Financial institutions in Nigeria have been ordered to put a halt to the mass retrenchment exercise embarked upon by some of them lately. A statement issued on Friday by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed that this decision is coming due to issues in the industry. “Following spate of petitions and complaints from…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says there is no way he can sell off his family or himself just to pay the striking Ekiti workers. Fayose made this known on Thursday while addressing newsmen on salient issues affecting the state, top of which is the inability of the government to meet its obligation in the…
Workers in Bayelsa State have been assured by the state government that backlog of their salaries would be paid. This assurance was given after a meeting between top government officials and labour leaders in the state, which was presided over by the Deputy Governor, Gboribiogha John Jonah. Jonah disclosed that the state government was working…
The Osun State Government has promised to pay its workers their salaries, describing speculations that workers in the state would not get their March pay as uncalled for. There were insinuations that civil servants in the debt-ridden state would not have their March salaries because as a result of the N6 million federal allocation accrued…
Residents of Lagos may been forced to spend some days in darkness if the crisis between the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, and a coalition of labour unions is not quickly solved. As you read this, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE; Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, and the Nigeria…