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Ngige Appeals To ASUU To Return To Lecture Rooms

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has asked the striking university lecturers who are members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plightRead More

FG to Pay Varsity Staff N22.172bn Earned Allowances

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
The Federal Government has said that it will pay the sum of N22.172 billion earned allowances to all workers in the universities on or before October 30, 2021. It assuredRead More

FG Moves to Stop Consultant Doctors From Joining Strike

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
Resident doctors to appear before court tomorrow The Federal Government has taken measures to prevent senior doctors under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MEDCAN)Read More

Resident Doctors To Resume Nationwide Indefinite Strike Tomorrow

Medical doctors
Consultants give 21-day ultimatum Nigeria’s health sector is about to face another round of crisis as the resident doctors have resolved to commence a nationwide indefinite industrial action tomorrow (Monday).Read More

FG Bows To Pressure, Directs Reversal Of New Electricity Rates

Minister of Power Mr. Saleh Mamman
Suspension of tariffs to persist till end of negotiations with labour Power sector hits another transmission peak milestone The Federal Government yesterday directed the immediate rollback of the new tariffRead More

To Pacify Labour, FG Summons Meeting Over Electricity Tariff Hike

Chris Ngige: the Federal Government vs the Nigeria Labour Congress
Gencos seek scrapping of NERC Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Federal Government has summoned a meeting of the Committee on Review of Tariffs and Charges in theRead More

Ngige: FG, ASUU Reached Understanding On Regaining Lost Ground

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
Union ends strike, commits to virtual teaching, doing extra work Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday gave insight into the deal between the federal government and theRead More

ASUU Mulls Ending Strike Today As Union, FG Meet

IPPIS and ASUU strike
Lists terms to suspend industrial action The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may suspend its nine-month industrial action today, Flavision gathered yesterday. The suspension of theRead More

Ngige Tackles ASUU Over Delay In Ending Strike

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has again blamed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the delay in resolving its prolonged industrial action. Ngige dismissed asRead More

Deregulation Of Petrol Price Irreversible, Says FG

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
Inaugurates committee on pricing The Federal Government yesterday foreclosed a reversal of the deregulation policy that introduced a market reflective pricing regime for determining the pump price of petrol. AgainstRead More