Day: September 9, 2019

Nigerian seafarers earn 61% less than foreign counterparts

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      Nigerian seafarers have rejected the newly approved Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) wages after realising that they were earning 61.5 per cent less than their foreign counterparts. The new wage was approved by the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) but it is far below international standard.     The newly signed CBA centred on the welfare of the seafarers and implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006.     Finding revealed that the new wage approved last July by the International Transport  Federation (ITF)/ International Labour Organisation (ILO)…

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EFCC hunts for multi-million dollars oil deal infraction culprits

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        The anti-granft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has begun a manhunt for culprits of multi-million dollars oil contracts’ infractions.     Already, forensic audit commissioned by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)  has indicated over 15 oil firms of non-remittance of statutory funds into the government’s covers.   Considered this as a breach of contract, the board, checks showed, handed over the audit to the EFCC for “necessary action.”     A correspondence exchanged between the EFCC and NCDMB, sighted by this…

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