The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) this afternoon ordered the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to resume work immediately. The order was made following an Ex-parte motion filed last week Friday by the Federal Ministry of Health, seeking for an order of interlocutory injunction, restraining members of NARD from…
A silver lining emerged last night over the three weeks old strike by the Nigerian Association of Residents Doctors(NARD) at an all-stakeholder meeting, summoned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting which had the most high-powered representation since negotiations with doctors stretched for…
Nigeria is now fully set to ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 143 — Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) of 1975, and Convention 181 on Private Employment Agencies of 1997. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr Yerima Peter Tarfa, stated this in Abuja, as he declared open (flagged off) a two-day national sensitization workshop…
