“As part of the grand design, they are circulating a fake doctored audio call. At no time throughout the campaign did Mr Peter Obi ever say, think or even imply that the 2023 election is or was a religious war.” Presidential candidate Peter Obi and the Presidential Campaign Council of his party, the Labour Party […]
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The doctors had on Saturday requested tangible steps on the “upward review” of CONMESS and payment of all salary arrears owed its members from 2014. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has described as “absurd” the demands by medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). In an […]
Monday Ogbodum, Chairman, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Cross River State branch, and Chairman, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Cross River State Council, in this chat with Vanguard’s Ike Ucheckukwu, spoke on the issue of nine years unpaid gratuities among others issues. What is your thought on the issue of gratuities in […]
The Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives has reported that Nigeria now has a nurse-to-patient ratio of one nurse to about 1,160 patients, whereas the OECD average is one nurse to around 114 patients. [LAGOS] It took nearly three hours of sitting, queuing and loitering around Ikorodu General Hospital in Nigeria’s Lagos state before Hadijat […]
The government is blocking the potential that foreign workers can bring to SA’s stagnant economy. South Africa’s work visa regime is laborious, lengthy and inefficient. The process deters foreign investment, widens the skills gap and throttles productivity, economic growth and development. Between 2015 and 2021, only 16 097 critical skilled-worker permits were approved by the […]
Barring any last minute breakthrough in discussions between the federal government and labour over relief measures following government’s removal of fuel subsidy, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) may declare an indefinite strike by midnight tomorrow. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, gave the indication while speaking on ARISE News Channel yesterday. Ajaero said the federal government had more […]
The organised labour rescinded the decision to go on with its planned strike in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the representatives of the labour unions and the federal government on Monday. The organised labour has suspended its plan to embark on a nationwide strike on Tuesday to pressure the government to address the […]
A report from Mental Health Hub, a mental health organisation in Rwanda, has revealed that 30.1 per cent of employees in private and public institutions are experiencing work-related stress due to fear of job loss or lack of promotion. Personal finances, family responsibilities, poor leadership, working in shifts, changes in duties, working away from families, […]
Following perceived partisanship in the handling of the leadership crisis in the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared war with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, saying it no longer has confidence in him. NLC in a letter titled “We no longer have confidence in you”, […]
Ekurhuleni municipality initially suspended the manager in June following an internal investigation into the complaint. He was allowed to return three months later A City of Ekurhuleni senior manager has been accused of sexually harassing a woman in his department. The City initially suspended the manager following recommendations from its investigation into the complaint. But, […]
Mutare, Zimbabwe — Whether the jobs will actually be there when they arrive is a different question. When Kundai graduated with a master’s degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a health worker and […]
The National Assembly recently held a debate on “The role of national government policy in job creation and poverty alleviation”, which was proposed by Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament, Dr Michael Cardo. Dr Cardo, who serves in the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour, believes that the state has a responsibility to improve the quality […]
The organised labour, the federal government and other concerned stakeholders have sharply disagreed on the consequences of the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. While labour union particularly insisted that the policies such as fuel subsidy removal leading to hike in the price of petrol, Naira devaluation, freeing foreign exchange market, among others have […]
With companies downsizing as a result of the harsh business operating environment, especially, in the last one year, 482,857 disengaged workers, mainly from the private sector, are now finding succour in their pension contributions, withdrawing N217.4 billion from the pension fund assets, LEADERSHIP can exclusively reveal. As at December, 2023, the pension fund assets have […]