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Lawyers Protest Over Financial Autonomy for Judiciary

20Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Labour, News, Nigeria

Lawyers Protest Over Financial Autonomy for Judiciary

The Bwari and Gwagwalada chapter of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has backed the calls for judicial financial autonomy in Nigeria. The lawyer expressed their support during a solidarity rally with the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, which have been on strike for two weeks. Ihensekhien Samuel, the leader of the team, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to accelerate action in the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. He said, "It is a symbolic exercise to give teeth to their strike, which began on April 6. JUSUN cause is right, in fact, unimpeachable as it is in line with laid down extant laws of the 2014 Federal High Court judgment for the independence of the judiciary." The protesters were blocke...

My Government Can Barely Afford Salary Payment – El-Rufai

13Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

My Government Can Barely Afford Salary Payment – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State government has said that its revenue allocation from the Federation Account Allocations Committee, FAAC, since the middle of 2020, can barely pay salaries and overheads of workers in the state. This comes on the heels of the recent disclosure that the state government is downsizing its workforce because of the overstretch of public finances by huge wage bills at a time when revenue has dwindled. It disclosed this in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, Muyiwa Adekeye. It read, “The government was elected to develop the state, not just to pay the salaries of public servants. It was elected to promote equality of opportunity, to build and run schools and hospitals, upgrade infrastructure and make the state more secure...

“No Work, No Pay” – FG Warns Striking Resident Doctors

3Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

“No Work, No Pay” – FG Warns Striking Resident Doctors

The Federal Government has threatened to implement the ‘n work, no pay rule’ if the striking resident doctors fail to resume duty. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige during a Channels Television programme on Friday. Ngige while speaking on measures taken to ensure the doctors return to work said the government would invoke the “no work, no pay” rule next week to compel the striking doctors to call-off the strike. He said, “By Tuesday, I will invite them back. If they become recalcitrant, there are other things I can do. There are weapons in the Labour Laws; I will invoke them. There is no work, no pay,” Ngige said. “Their employers have a role also to keep their business afloat, to keep patients alive. They can employ local doctors. We won’t get there, bu...

ASUU Threatens Fresh Strive Over Unremitted Deductions, Inconsistent Payment

15Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Threatens Fresh Strive Over Unremitted Deductions, Inconsistent Payment

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that its members might be forced to withdraw from work over what it termed the victimization of its members. The union blamed the Federal Government, as well as the Accountant General of the Federation, over refusal to pay its members’ salaries despite the ‘no victimisation clause’ of the suspended strike, Punch reports. It said that while its members have long resumed duty, the hardship been faced due to unpaid salaries and non-refund of deducted check-off dues will affect productivity. According to the Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, the Federal Government failed to remit the deductions it made to the account of the union. The varsity lecturers warned that if pushed to the limit, “withdrawal of wo...

10Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

NLC Stages Protest at National Assembly

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has staged a protest at the National Assembly over the proposed removal of the minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative List and transfer to the Concurrent List. The union kicked off the protest at the Federal Secretariat and later moved to the National Assembly with hundreds of protesters chanting slogans against the proposed bill. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, while speaking on the relevance of the protest said the bill was not accepted by Nigerian workers. He demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposed bill. Wabba said failure to withdraw the bill would provoke the anger of Nigerian workers and the organised labour would resort to the declaration of national. Addressing the protesters, House Leader, Ado Doguwa and Deputy Whip, Aliy...

NLC Mulls Nationwide Protest Over Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List

4Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, Legislature, News, Nigeria

NLC Mulls Nationwide Protest Over Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, plans to embark on a nationwide protest to protest a move by the National Assembly to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List. The NLC in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and Acting General Secretary, Ismail Bello, said its National Administrative Council could embark on a nationwide strike, should the national assembly fail to reverse their decision. Their reaction followed a plot by the House of Representatives to change the current wage structure which gives the Nigerian government the power to negotiate the minimum wage for workers across the country. According to the statement, the NLC warned that workers would not tolerate the undermining of their rights by those it tagged opportunistic...

3Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Abia Teachers Suspend Strike

The Nigerian Union of Teachers, Abia State chapter has suspended its industrial action in the state. The Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Kizito A. Kalu, and the State Secretary Mrs. Nnenna Okonkwo, in a statement, said the decision to suspend the strike was reached after the intervention and elaborate deliberations by the NUT, National leadership on the plight of Abia Teachers with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday, March 1, 2021. According to the statement, the government has agreed to prioritise the payment of teachers’ salaries, noting that the state government also agreed to pay all the outstanding arrears of salaries owed to both Senior and Junior Secondary School teachers in the state before the end of 2021. The statement partly read, “The government has agreed to pay the basic...

School Resumption: NUT Gives Conditions for Resumption in States

12Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

School Resumption: NUT Gives Conditions for Resumption in States

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed readiness to resume work but warned that it would declare trade disputes with states owing workers up to four months salaries. The union stated that since COVID-19 had truncated academic activities for about five months, they were ready to return to classes as they had known how to guard against the virus. This was disclosed by the Secretary-General of NUT, Mike Ene, in an interview with Punch. “Yes, we will want to resume. I don’t think anything will make us not resume. We are ready, but the places where we will not resume are in states where the government is owing workers, especially states where the government is owing four months to any set of workers, either primary and secondary schools. We have asked our teachers to stay at home ...

NIN: NIMC Resumes Enrolment As Minister Promises to Address Workers’ Grievances

9Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Information Technology, Labour, News, Nigeria, Safety

NIN: NIMC Resumes Enrolment As Minister Promises to Address Workers’ Grievances

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has resumed the enrollment service for the National Identity Number, NIN, in its offices across the country, the commission said on Friday. According to the commission, the disruption occasioned by the planned strike action by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, had been resolved. The Head, Corporate Communications, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke in a statement issued on Friday said the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has intervened in the matter and assured the workers of addressing their grievances. Adegoke quoted the Minister to have asked the workers to emphathise with Nigerians whose Subscriber Identification (SIM) cards stand to be blocked if not linked with their NIN before the exp...

Varsity Technologists Threaten Strike Over N40bn Allowance, Issue 14-day Strike Notice

4Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Varsity Technologists Threaten Strike Over N40bn Allowance, Issue 14-day Strike Notice

The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, on Saturday said it has issued a 14-day industrial action notice to the Federal Government. The association said the action was informed by alleged incongruity in the sharing of the N40 billion earned allowances released to the four university unions by the Federal Government. The university workers also asked for the release of 50 per cent of the N71b earned allowances being owed members of the union based on the 20019 agreement with the government. Ibeji Nwokoma, the union’s president while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, disclosed that the association wrote a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, informing him of their planned industrial action. He said, “We have written to the ...