The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mrs Ibukun Odusote today tasked newly-employed staff of the Ministry to see their employment as an opportunity to contribute to national development and add value to the Federal Civil Service. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, at the induction course organised by the Ministry for these newly…
Furtherance to efforts at resolving the on-going industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment Sen. Chris Ngige is scheduled to hold conciliatory meeting with the Executive of ASUU. The conciliatory meeting is scheduled to hold as follows: Date: Thursday 7th February, 2019 Venue: Conference…
CLARIFICATION OF THE 2019 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BILL BY HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT, SENATOR (DR.) CHRIS NWABUEZE NGIGE, OON; MD The attention of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment has been drawn to the various misrepresentations being given to the Press Briefing on the New National Minimum Wage, given at Aso Villa…
The Federal Government this evening assured that the perennial crisis in the nation’s university system, which has resulted in the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would soon be permanently laid to rest. The Hon. Minister of labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige made the declaration at the resumed negotiation…
The attention of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment Sen. Chris Ngige has been drawn to trending online post that retirees between 1990 to 2018 are to receive a benefit of N850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand) by department of labour of Nigeria. The Ministry wishes to state that this claim is false and…
The Director Press, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere has retired after 35 years of meritorious service to the nation. Employed January 19th 1984, Olowookers’s journey in the Federal Civil Service span the Office of the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Dodan Barracks, Lagos, April 1984-1985, Office of the Chief of General Staff, General…
Towards nipping in the bud threat of national industrial action by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the transmission of the New National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly. The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment Sen. Chris Ngige is scheduled to hold a meeting with the Executives of the Organised Labour Union as follows:…
The Federal Government has charged employers of labour to provide decent conditions for their employees, devoid of exploitation and other negative conditions. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made the call in Abuja when he received in audience the executives of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) led by Comrade Osakpamwan…
