Category: Labour

Workers under the auspices of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have fallen out with some international oil companies over the latter’s failure to pay stevedoring service charges. In a petition to the Inspector General of Police and the Director-General, Department of State Services on their behalf, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) referred to a complaint by MWUN vide letters dated June 11, 2019. The official memo referenced MWUN/PS/FMT/TWN/2019 and another dated June 27, 2019 and referenced MWUN/PS/FMT/R/TWN/2019, gave hints into the development. Intimating the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of…

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As part of its agenda to ensure a decent workplace, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has further pushed for an end to child labour globally. Restating the position during the ongoing ILO Centenary in Geneva, Switzerland, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said the way children are treated is a reflection of the societies and values, adding that the World Day Against Child Labour  provides an opportunity to take stock, define goals and recommit to action.  According to him, “our reflection this year – the ILO’s Centenary  – is particularly significant because the ILO has been…

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Following the unending battle between labour and the Federal Government over new minimum wage, the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has called on Nigerians to sympathise with some state governors over their inability to pay the proposed N30,000. Bagudu, who was part of the Tripartite Committee on New Minimum Wage that recommended N30, 000 new minimum wage, said that in spite of the Committee’s commitment and recommendation, it was also important for stakeholders to sympathise with governors in that category. He gave the advice in Abuja at the…

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Following the perceived silence on the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage, the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Federal Government to expedite action on it in order to commence its implementation by January 1, 2019, at the latest. Briefing the media yesterday in Lagos, the President of the association, Dr. Mohammed Yinusa, said since the process of arriving at a the New National Minimum Wage had culminated in the submission of the recommendations of the Tripartite Committee to the President, “we urge the Federal Government to expedite…

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