Regina Otokpa
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said he is not responsible for the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying: “I have done what Napoleon could not do”.…
Simeon Nwankwo-O’diwe
The hoot and holler to de-market zoning in the 2023 election is simply a conspiracy against the South East. I watched one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido in…
Regina Otokpa
The Federal Government has unveiled ongoing plans to introduce mandatory train-ing for newly elected labour leaders at the National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), as a step to addressing the incessant labour crises witnessed in…
Regina Otokpa and Chukwu David
The Federal Government has said it will amend its laws to end labour casualisation. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who spoke at a one-day public hearing on three labour bills by the…
Regina Otokpa
The Federal Government has given assurances that disbursement of the N30 billion revitalisation funds to public universities would soon commence. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige who made this known at the end…
Regina Otokpa
The Federal Government has proposed N47 billion to be used as payment for hazard allowances to doctors annually, beginning from the 2022 budget, instead of the aggregate sum of N40 billion which was initially being…
Regina Otokpa
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said some state governments were paying foreigners under their employment, five times higher than what they pay their Nigerian counterparts. Ngige, who raised concerns over…
Ndubuisi Ugah
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is afraid of breaching any law or the constitution of the country. Also, the senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church,…
Regina Otokpa and Baba Negedu,
Govt holds conciliatory meeting with NLC, El-Rufa’i today Following an intervention by the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its strike action in Kaduna State. The NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who…
OLADIPUPO AWOJOBI
…says we’re surprised NARD still embarked on strike Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) reneged on the agreement it reached with the…
