Nigeria has called for the upgrading of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office in Abuja, which also covers Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Liberia and Gambia, to the state of a Decent work sub-regional office to serve the English- speaking countries of West Africa.   The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, William Alo,…

The Federal Government has set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Planning of the 2019 Global Youth Empowerment Forum (GYEF), part of the centenary anniversary celebration of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Inaugurating the Committee in Abuja, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, William Alo, said “it is with a view to ensuring…

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has dismissed as cheap and unconscionable lies the allegations by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that the Minister was on a vendetta mission to proscribe NUPENG   “On 13th May, 2019, a letter was written by the Department of Trade Union Services…