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organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned the extension of tenure granted seven Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.

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The organised labour has threatened a nationwide strike if the government fails to begin process of reviewing the workers minimum wage, saying that Nigerian workers are hungry and legitimately angry. The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), an affiliate body of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), issued the threat in Kaduna thursday. Addressing journalists alongside …

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The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to tie the N500b London-Paris Club refund about to be released to state governments to projects to avoid a repeat of what happened when the first tranche of N388 billion was released in December last year. In a statement on Monday, TUC said: “We are afraid the governors …

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The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent in 2017 representing an increase of 3.4 million in the number of jobless people, says  a new International Labour Oeganisation ( ILO)  report. According to ILO, the  number of unemployed persons globally in 2017 is forecast to stand at just over 201 million – with …

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Sales of Asset: Nationwide Strike Looms As Oil workers Threaten to Down Tools Barring any last minute change in its decision,  Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may shut down the country if the Federal Government should carry out its plan to sell national assets to augment revenue shortfall …

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  Labour Vows To Resist Sales of National Assets The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will resist clamour in some quarters to sell national assets such as the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria Liquefied National Gas (NLNG), factional President NLC, Joe Ajaero has said. According to a statement, Ajaero said: “Congress views with utmost apprehension the recent call on …

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