Lebanese Embassy Suspends Issuance of Working Visa to Nigerians
Sequel to influx of some Nigerians to Lebanon to work, and complaints of maltreatment from some Nigerian domestic workers in the country, Amb. Houssam Diab, the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria said on Thursday that the Embassy has suspended issuing working…
The Role of Human Capital Management in the New World of Work
By Ronnie Toerien The world of work has been changing for some time, particularly over the last decade as emerging technologies equipped enterprises with the tools to operate with greater efficiency, innovate and explore a new potential. However, unprecedented events…
#COVID19: ILO Advocates Plugging Social Protection Gaps in Developing Countries to Prevent Future Crises
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries, and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social protection systems, according…
Indignity of Labour: The Inside Story of Nigeria Flour Mills’ Sugar Estate
By NGIJ team of Oluwasegun Abifarin and Olawale Abideen The smoke of accusation and counter accusation has continued to rise over the indignity of labour and bitter working condition by workers of Sunti Golden Sugar Estates Limited, a subsidiary of…
Senator Ekwunife Wants Workers Salaries on FACC Account First Line Charge
The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Uche Ekwunife has called on government to make workers salaries first line charge on the Federation Account. In a statement delivered on Friday, in commemoration of 2020 International Workers’ Day, the Senator…
Gombe Begins Payment of N30, 000 Minimum Wage
February salaries to capture adjustments, as implementation takes effect from January 1. Gombe state government and the organized labour in the state today agreed on payment of N30,000 new minimum wage. This was after series of negotiations between the government…
Breaking: Enugu State Govt Approves N30,000 Minimum Wage, Set Effective Date
Following the submission of the report of the joint committee of labour and the state government set up by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for the negotiation of the consequential adjustment of the N30,000 Minimum Wage, the Enugu State Executive Council (EXCO)…