LABOUR

by Chiamaka Praise…….. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in conjunction with the Bankers’ Committee have kicked against the sacking of any bank worker whether permanent or temporary due to the economic crash caused by the current coronavirus pandemic. The decision was taken as a result of the earlier warning by the Federal Government on sacking of workers during the ...

More than 1,000 graduate trainees recently recruited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are to assume duty Monday 4 May, 2020, a release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, has stated. The trainees are to assume duty first, virtually while the corporation monitors the COVID -19 situation and the Federal Government’s directives ...

by Ayo Folaolu…. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has predicted that half of the world work force about 1.6 billion people may lose their sources of livelihood because of the coronavirus pandemic that brought about lockdown in major economic cities worldwide. “Half of the world’s economically active population, 1.6 billion workers in the informal sector, could lose their sources of ...

ExxonMobil affiliate companies in Nigeria have announced the retirement of Udom Uko Inoyo, Vice Chairman & Management External Advisor, Upstream Nigeria, from the Company after more than 30 years of meritorious service, with effect from May 1, 2020. Announcing the retirement, the Chairman/Managing Director of ExxonMobil Companies in Nigeria, Paul McGrath, stated that Mr. Inoyo’s career with Mobil Producing Nigeria ...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said it has suspended the planned strike by its members following the release of its members who were arrested by the Rivers State government for violating the lockdown executive order in the State. According to PENGASSAN, members of the Association were instructed to withdraw all forms of services relating ...

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has elected Mr. Nik Odinuwe, the Executive Chairman of Global Lifting Services Nigeria Limited. He succeeds Mr. Bank-Athony Okoroafor who led the Association recently to a great outing in the just concluded Sub-Saharan African International Petroleum Conference (SAIPEC) held in Lagos. He emerged as the new chairman at the just-concluded annual general meeting, ...

Yakubu Dogara, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives has written to President Muhammadu Buhari. He wrote to inform the president of his emergence as the Speaker and Olasunkanmi Sulaiman as the Deputy Speaker, The Nation reports. Dogara also officially notified the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of the development. The letter was read on the floor of the ...

The chairman of Industrial Global Union Africa Region, Comrade Issa Aremu, has said that with the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29 after his victory, it was now time for the current administration to start work. The union leader who is also an ex-vice president of the Nigerian Labour Congress said that the president needs to hit the ...

By Kingsley Fanwo Minister for Labour and Productivity, Barr. James Enejo Ocholi, SAN, has moved to reconcile aggrieved leaders of the party with a bid to resolving the political impasse threatening the party. Ocholi who recently convened a meeting of party elders in the state in Abuja recently, harped on the need for reconciliation in order to move the state ...