The Federal Government is set to prosecute 634 Child Labour offenders. These offences were committed between 2018 and 2019. The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige disclosed this on the occasion of the Training Workshop for Media Practitioners on Child Labour Reporting and Presentation of the National Advocacy Strategy on the Elimination…
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has inaugurated a taskforce for the implementation of COVID-19 Protcols in the Ministry. Performing the inauguration in his office, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Yerima Peter Tarfa, stated that the Ministerial Taskforce would ensure that people in the work place complied with the COVID-19 Protocol, aimed at curtailing the spread of…
The Federal Government has set up a five-man committee to resolve the inconsistencies in payment of salaries of the non-academic staff members of universities. This was part of the conclusions reached at the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities…
The meeting was convened following the 14 days warning strike declared by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday 5th October, 2020 because of the alleged failure of the Federal Government (FG) to address fully the following issues: a). Inconsistencies in IPPIS…
The Federal Government is seeking solutions to the problem stifling the growth of the private sector and its ability to actively create more jobs for the unemployed. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, stated this at the opening of the FOURTH National Employment Council holding in Abuja from 19th to 20th October,…
The meeting was convened as a follow up to the meeting held with the Senate Leadership led by Senate President on Tuesday 13th October, 2020, where theHonourable Minister of Labour and Employment committed to engaging ASUU and other stakeholders to iron out the outstanding issues. 2. The meeting deliberated exhaustively on the issues and concluded as…
The Organized Labour has suspended its planned industrial action scheduled to commence on Monday, 28 September, following an agreement reached with the Federal Government. The parties to the dispute agreed to suspend the application of the cost-reflective electricity tariff adjustments for two weeks, while constituting a Committee to examine that new policy. Presenting the Communique…
The dialogue between the Federal Government and Organized Labour on the recent increases in the price of fuel and electricity tariff has been adjourned to a later date. This is to allow the partiesconsult and streamlinetheir positions for the overall interest of the public and the economy. In a welcome address, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr…
