Day: March 10, 2024

NLC’s proposal of N485,000 minimum wage unrealistic – Labour chieftain

Isa Tijjani, a former Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said that incessant strike by the labour unions posed a significant threat to the nation’s economy. Tijjani said this at a news conference on Saturday in Kano. According to him, there are alternatives to strike, and urged labour unions to explore them in […]

Nigerians should embrace humour to cope with hardship – Prof of psychiatry

A professor of psychiatry at the University of Jos, Plateau State, and President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Taiwo Obindo, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME on the effects of economic hardship and insecurity on people’s mental health What are your thoughts on the current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians today? It is a known […]

Approve salaries commensurate with cost of living — NLC tells govt

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the government to approve a new minimum wage that is commensurate with the cost of living in the country. While insisting on a living wage for workers in the country, the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in his speech at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the […]

Japa: FG bans leave absence for health workers

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Saturday disclosed that the federal government had directed that health workers going abroad for greener pastures, must resign their appointment, before embarking on such a journey. The Minister, who disclosed on Saturday during his visit to the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the […]

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