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FG Launches Model To Transform Nigeria Into $1trn Economy By 2030
The project is designed to combat poverty and catalyse sustainable economic growth from the ground up. Vice President Kashim Shettima said the initiative symbolises the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to enhancing financial and economic inclusion across Nigeria. Senator Shettima spoke during the Kick-off meeting for the initiative to set up an Operating Model […]
FG to punish supervisors approving salaries for japa workers
The President also directed that the supervisors and department heads of the culprits must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch. Tinubu’ gave the directive at the award night organised by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to commemorate the 2024 Civil Service Week. […]
Labour Never Contemplated ₦100,000 Wage Let Alone ₦62,000 — NLC
Labour insisted on ₦250,000, its latest demand at the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage , as the living wage for an average Nigerian worker. NLC Assistant General Secretary, Chris Onyeka, who spoke with journalists on a television programme, insisted that labour would not accept the latest government’s offer of ₦62,000 and […]
Tinubu To Attend Mahamat Déby’s Inauguration As Chad’s President
The inauguration follows the declaration of President Déby as the winner of the country’s presidential election earlier this month and subsequent affirmation by the Constitutional Court of Chad.According to the statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu will be accompanied on the trip by some senior government officials and will return after the ceremony.Déby, […]
Oil Production Inches Closer To 1.7mbpd – NNPCL
This was revealed by the NNPCL boss, as he addressed stakeholders at an engagement between the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists and the NNPCL in Lagos on Saturday.According to him, 1.7 million barrels per day was a boost from 1.28 million barrels reported in April.According to Kyari, the nation’s crude oil production keeps dropping due […]
Tinubu Establishes Climate Action Committee, Appoints Ngelale As Special Envoy
The President also appointed his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.The Committee is to be Chaired by the President himself, while the Minister of Environment, Mister Balarabe Lawal will serve as the Vice Chairman. Mister Ngelale will serve as the Secretary of the Committee while […]
FG, Labour To Reconvene Next Week Over Minimum Wage Negotiation
An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni, states that the other members of the committee have agreed to shift grounds from the N48,000 proposal.The letter appealed to the labour leaders to speak to their members and attend the reconvened meeting next Tuesday.The organised labour comprising the […]
Truck rams into BRT on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
It was gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am on Saturday.Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the accident scene insisted that only their Public Relations Officers were authorised to speak.However, unconfirmed reports from onlookers noted that several people on the BRT bus were injured. Onlookers […]
Labour Unions Walk Out Of Minimum Wage Negotiations, Blast FG
Angered by the N48,000 proposal by the Federal Government as the national minimum wage, the labour unions described the offer as ridiculous.The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, explained that the government is not serious about negotiating with the Labour on the new minimum wage.Ajaero explained that the FG does not have the necessary data to negotiate […]
FG plans performance-based salary scheme for workers
The government said with the system, workers on the same level could earn different salaries.According to the government, the formulation of an innovative wage system was being considered because it realised that productivity was a key factor in the growth of the country’s economy.The Director-General of the National Productivity Centre, Nasir Raji-Mustapha, disclosed this during […]