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Police Extend Recruitment Exercise, Beg Nigerians To Apply

12Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Security

Police Extend Recruitment Exercise, Beg Nigerians To Apply

The Nigeria Police Force has extended the recruitment exercise for 2021 to Saturday, January 22, 2022. This was contained in a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Wednesday. According to the police spokesperson, the extension will give fresh opportunity to Nigerians to apply for the vacancies. The NPF urged governments, religious leaders and national stakeholders to encourage and mobilise their people to apply. Read Also: Standard Chartered Bank To Shut Down Half Of Nigeria Branches The statement reads, "The Nigeria Police Force wishes to inform citizens that the online registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise for interested and eligible Nigerians into the service of the Nigeria Police Force as police constables, has been extended to Satur...

Nigerian Manufacturers’ Association Kicks Against Imposition Of Taxes On Carbonated, Soft Drinks

6Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

Nigerian Manufacturers’ Association Kicks Against Imposition Of Taxes On Carbonated, Soft Drinks

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has kicked against the imposition of taxes on soft drinks. The association warned that excise duty would lead to 0.43 per cent contraction in output and 40 per cent drop on industry revenues in the next five years. The Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had announced the imposition of N10 tax per litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Ahmed had stated that it was part of the government’s efforts to prevent and discourage excessive consumption of sugar due to health concerns. Read Also: Critics Won’t Realise Buhari Is A Blessing To Nigeria Until He Leaves Office —Minister Meanwhile, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, the MAN Director-General, revealed that beverages contributed 38 per cent of the manu...

FG Increases Hazard Allowance From N5,000 To N40,000 For Doctors, N34,000 For Others

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

FG Increases Hazard Allowance From N5,000 To N40,000 For Doctors, N34,000 For Others

The Federal Government has increased the hazard allowance for medical doctors and health workers in the country. It was gathered that while the government increased the allowance for doctors from N5,000 to between N32,000 and N40,000; other health workers like nurses, laboratory workers among others had theirs reviewed to between N15,000 and N34,000. This was contained in a circular with reference number SWC/S/04/S.218/11/406 dated December 22, 2021 and signed by the Executive Chairman of the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission. Read Also: Bauchi Records 153 Lassa Fever Cases In One Year The circular read in part, “Concerning the review of the hazard allowance applicable to health workers in the services of the federal hospitals, medical centres and clinics in minist...

Bleak Christmas As Nigerian Federal Civil Servants Lament Delayed December Salaries

24Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

Bleak Christmas As Nigerian Federal Civil Servants Lament Delayed December Salaries

The hope of many federal civil servants to mark this year's Christmas is currently hanging as some of them lament the non-payment of their December salaries by the government. Less than a few hours to Christmas, some of the civil servants at the Federal Secretariat on Friday complained that they are yet to be paid, PM News reports. According to some of them, the development has ruined their plans to travel and celebrate the season with their loved ones. One of those affected, identified only as Mrs Okoro, said it was difficult for her to travel as she could not afford to buy some items to share with her siblings at her home town. “I actually wanted to travel hoping that the Federal Government will release salaries before now. Looking at the situation, I cannot do so since I don...

Subsidy: NLC Fixes Jan 27, Feb 1 For Nationwide Protests

18Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

Subsidy: NLC Fixes Jan 27, Feb 1 For Nationwide Protests

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government against plans to remove the fuel subsidy in 2022, saying the action will be met with nationwide protests. The congress said the planned rallies would commence without warning should the FG announce new fuel prices next year. The union disclosed it would stage a protest across the 36 states of the federation on January 27, 2022, which would culminate in the submission of protest letters to all the state governors. It said this would be followed on February 1 with another nationwide protest that will also hold in Abuja. These were part of the resolutions made by the NLC’s National Executive Council meeting, which held at the Labour House, Abuja, on Friday. Read Also: We’ll Toll Roads To Repay Infrastructure Debts – Emefiele ...

COVID-19: Nigerian Government Vows To Bar Unvaccinated Workers From Offices By December

20Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Labour, News, Nigeria

COVID-19: Nigerian Government Vows To Bar Unvaccinated Workers From Offices By December

The Nigerian government has maintained that unvaccinated workers won’t be allowed to access their offices as from December 1 if they are unable to show proof of their vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha, announced this Friday in Abuja during the national flag-off of the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign. He said, “All federal government employees are, therefore, reminded that December 1, 2021 remains the deadline for all to show evidence of being vaccinated or a PCR negative test result done 72 hours before being allowed into their offices. Read Also: US Secretary Of State Visits Nigeria, To Meet Buhari Over COVID-19 Pandemic, Insecurity “I,...

NRC Directs Shutdown Of Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, Warri Train Services Over Strike

17Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Transportation, Uncategorized

NRC Directs Shutdown Of Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, Warri Train Services Over Strike

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has directed district managers to be prepared to shut down train stations plying Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan and Warri-Itakpe routes in the event that workers down tools. In an internal memo issued on Tuesday, the Managing Director of NRC, Engr. Fidet Okhiria, alerted all district managers and relevant officers of the need to protect railway assets in the event the strike goes ahead. The three-day warning strike by workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is to hold from November 18th to November 20th. A letter titled, “Notice and Directive to embark on 3-day warning strike nationwide,” dated November 12th, had been addressed by the District Chairman/Secretary Nigeria Union of Railway workers and Senior Staff Association. The workers’ un...

FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

FG Stopped Residency Payment After Strike Suspension – NARD

A fresh crisis may be brewing between the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Federal Government as the association accused the government of already deviating from the understanding reached before it suspended its strike last week. This was as the association also accused the government of causing confusion among its members and suspending the payment of the Medical Residency Training Funds The National President of NARD, Dr Dare Ishaya, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja on Monday. But the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said there was no truth in the claim Reports last week said that the association, after interventions by the Nigerian Medical Association, suspended its industrial action with the aim of holding a meeting of th...

Resident doctors call off strike, to resume Wednesday

4Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

Resident doctors call off strike, to resume Wednesday

The National Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its nationwide strike. The strike which began on August 2 has been suspended with effect from 8am, Wednesday, according to the President of the association, Dr Godiya Ishaya. Ishaya, in an interview with our correspondent, said, “We are suspending the strike for six weeks to give room for movement in some of the items we noticed a stalemate. There was a stalemate in the enrollment of our members into the IPPIS and payment of their areas. Read also: I’m Healthy, Just Undergoing Therapy – Tinubu “The government was invoking the trade dispute article 41, that is the ‘no work, no pay.’ And since they have been enrolled into IPPIS, it means there was not going to be any salary into their accounts. Without them being paid, th...

353 Nigerian Doctors Employed By UK in Three Months Amid Ongoing Strike In Nigeria

22Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

353 Nigerian Doctors Employed By UK in Three Months Amid Ongoing Strike In Nigeria

About 353 Nigerian doctors have migrated to the United Kingdom to work in the last 100 days. According to Punch, checks on the website of the General Medical Council – the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK – showed that the GMC licensed at least 353 Nigerian-trained doctors between June 10, 2021 and September 20, 2021. The statistics also showed that between July 24, 2020 and September 21, 2021, about 862 Nigeria trained doctors were licensed in the UK despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, 8, 737 doctors who obtained their degrees in Nigeria currently practise in the UK. Speaking on Tuesday, the Vice-President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Julian Ojebo, said the rate of migration might double in the comi...