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Nigeria to set up inter-ministerial task team on digital economy
NIGERIA is to set up an inter-ministerial task team comprising the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Communication and Digital Economy, Youths and Sports, Women Affairs and other relevant ministries to fully key into the emerging digital…
Nigeria begins comprehensive review of labour laws
THE Nigerian government and its social partners have commenced a comprehensive review of its labour laws to conform to international best practices and current realities in the world of work.Towards having a smooth review of the extant…
You can’t unionise senior staff in statutory corporations, Court tells AUPCTRE
THE National Industrial Court has ordered the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Service Employees (AUPCTRE) to stop unionising senior staff in public/statutory corporations, which is against…
Upgrade standards of locally produced products —NUFBTE tasks FG
THE National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) has called on the Federal Government to upgrade the standards of locally produced products.This, according to the union is to discourage Nigerians insatiable taste for…
Unstable electricity, bane of employment and small businesses in Nigeria —Expert
In this interview by ADETOLA BADEMOSI, Smith Orean, CEO of Orean Global Resources advises Nigerian youths who want to go into business not to start big in order to sustain their businesses and reduce the unemployment crisis in the country:…
Maritime workers warn against unrest
THE Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, (MWUN), has warned against unrest in the sector; as it alleged a plan by some group of people to create unrest and crisis.MWUN also hinted of an attempt by those it tagged ‘some unscrupulous…
FG promises to reduce incessant strikes in health sector
The Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, has assured health workers that the Federal Government would do everything to ensure that incessant strike is no longer witnessed in the health sector, henceforth.Mamora gave…
Minimum wage: NLC charges Kogi workers to remain resolute
THE chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Kogi State chapter, Comrade Onuh Edoka, has charged workers in the state to remain resolute as the state government has set up machinery to tackle all issues surrounding the payment of minimum wage in…
FG wants gender issues addressed in workplace
THE Federal Government has emphasised that gender issues at the workplace must be positively addressed to enhance national development.This was disclosed in Abuja during a capacity building workshop on gender mainstreaming in workplace…
Nigeria must work at double speed to attain UHC — Sambo
THE Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Mohammed Nasir Sambo, has emphasised that Nigeria is under a pressing need to work at double-speed to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in accordance with…