ASUU: FG To Replace IPPIS With UTAS
The federal government says it may consider adopting the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Chris Ngige, minister of labour, said this…
FG Releases N4.5bn Allowances For Striking Doctors
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Friday, disclosed that the Federal Government has released N4.5bn to 31 federal teaching hospitals and medical centres nationwide. He said the…
JUST IN: FG, ASUU, In Crucial Meeting Over Ongoing Strike
The Federal Government is holding a crucial meeting with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) led by its President, Biodun Ogunyemi at the Federal Ministry of…
Ngige To Igbos: Join Popular Political Parties To Produce Buhari’s Successor In 2023
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has appealed to the people of the Southeast to join the two main political parties, All Progressives Congress(APC) or Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Pay Minimum Wage Before Dec 31-FEC
By Olamilekan Alani The Federal Executive Council yesterday gave approval to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to effect salaries adjustment and work out the financial implications of…
Labour Leaders Meet Ngige, Vow To Strike If Demands Not Meant Over Minimum Wage
Labour unions have submitted their preferred percentage on the ‘consequential increase’ in workers’ salaries arising from the new minimum wage of N30,000. Leaders of the unions held a meeting with…
Ngige, Two Others Take A Bow As Senate Screens More Ministerial Nominees
A former minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, was among the many nominees who got the Senate special “take a bow” treatment on Thursday. His screening was one of the shortest…
Surplus Doctors’: After Backlash, Ngige Backtracks, Claims He Was Misquoted
Chris Ngige has reversed his comment that Nigeria has ‘surplus doctors’ and he was, thus, not worried about Nigerian doctors leaving the country to go practice in other climes. After…
OPS Meets PMB At Lagos House, Marina
Eniola Olayemi President Muhammadu Buhari is presently n interactive session between members of the Organized Private Sector (OPS) at Lagos House, Marina. It will be recalled that The Premier News reported that…
Federal Government Offer N27, 000 Minimum Wage
Eniola Olayemi Yesterday’s approval of N27, 000 as the minimum wage for states and N30, 000 for federal workers, the stage is set for the stage for the transmission…
