…Approves payment of harmonised pension from May 2022 Workers and pensioners in Edo State were upbeat on Sunday as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, announced a new minimum wage of ₦40,000, and payment of harmonised pension to civil servants and retirees respectively, in commemoration of this year’s Workers’ Day. Obaseki said the welfare of workers…
Winners Chapel Donate Foodstuff to Osun Workers
The Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners Chapel in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Sunday, donated money and food items to no fewer than 100 civil servants, in the state, including non-members of the church. Some of the items donated include, onions, beans, rice, flour, and semovita. The decision of the church followed the non-payment…
Oyo, Osun Workers Embark on Strike
As the economic hardship caused by unpaid salaries bites harder, labour unions in Oyo and Osun states have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action in order to press home demands for the payment of owed salary arrears. Jacob Adekomi, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State, while addressing a news conference in…
FG Orders Verification of Workers’ Certificates
The Federal Government has directed that a verification and revalidation exercise be carried out on all credentials and records of all staff in the Federal Civil Service. Danladi Kifasi, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, gave this directive to officials managing the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System. This was contained in a…
Plateau Workers Threaten Strike
The Plateau state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday directed workers in all its affiliate unions to commence an indefinite strike as soon as the ultimatum given to the state government expires on May 4. While briefing journalists in Jos, state capital, during the occasion to mark this year’s Workers’ Day, Jibrin…
Yaba Psychiatric Hospital Workers Protest Non-Payment of Allowance
Health workers of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, acting under the aegis of the Joint Health Sectors Union, JOHESU, Yaba branch, marched round the hospital premises in a peaceful protest, on Monday, urging the government to pay their 5 years promotion arrears. The protesting JOHESU members speaking through several placards they displayed, said that…
Health Workers Issue 2-day Ultimatum
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, a coalition of health care professional associations in Nigeria, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike action within the next two days if the Federal Government fails to implement previous agreements. JOHESU in a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja and signed by its…
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