The Federal Government has urged civil servants to shun corrupt practices and other related offences in their work places, in line with the anti-corruption mantra of the present government. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, made the call in Abuja as she flagged off a Sensitization and Awareness Creation…
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, today expressed the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration to the promotion of healthy working conditions for Nigerian workers in line with International Labour Standards. Declaring open a three-day workshop on Report Rendition on International Labour Organisation (ILO) Unratified Conventions and Recommendations in…
President Muhammadu Buhari last Saturday, 9th February 2019 in Lagos, reassured Nigerian workers in the public and private sectors that he would continue to stand firm with them on the implementation of New Minimum Wage just as he showered praises on the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, describing him as very competent…
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…
