MULTIPLE global crises are causing a marked deterioration in the global labour market recovery, with increasing inequalities within and between countries, a new report unveiled on Monday by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has revealed. The 9th edition of the ILO Monitor on the World of Work finds that after significant gains during the last quarter of 2021, the number of hours worked globally dropped in the first quarter of 2022, to 3.8 per cent below the pre-crisis benchmark (fourth quarter of 2019). This is equivalent to a deficit of 112 million full-time jobs. This, the report says, represents a…
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THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has denied plans to suspend its ongoing industrial action. The General Secretary of the union, Comrade Peters Adeyemi, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, revealed that the union will be meeting on Tuesday in Abuja to consult with its members on the state of the strike. Comrade Adeyemi also hinted that the federal government has begun paying NASU members the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the national minimum though not all have received the payment so far. According to him, no other financial commitment made to the unions has…
WITNESS to history. Animated discussions. Banters. Back-slapping. Roaring laughter. Seeming riot, but orderly. Various groups, including the elderly and children. Then the crowds burst into songs and dances. They herald the arrival of the host. He is clad in white with a traditional white dog-eared cap. He flashes his white teeth, raising a two-finger victory sign. Yes, he is the Governor of Osun State, or as his government prefers to call it, The State of Osun. But the crowds, and protocols do not refer to him as His Excellency, he is simply Ogbeni, the Yoruba word for Mister. As he…
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THE 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour has opened in Durban, South Africa, with a strong call for urgent and far-reaching action to combat the rising numbers of children in child labour. Speaking at the start of a week of discussions in Durban, South Africa, and online, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, called on delegates to commit to taking “far-reaching actions” to make a difference in the lives of children. “We are here because we share a common conviction that child labour in all its facets is an enemy. Child labour is an enemy of our children’s…
THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has convicted and jailed a civil servant at the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, one Amdii Gideon, seven years for his involvement in employment scam. A statement by the spokesperson of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Azuka Ogugua, on Thursday, said the convict was prosecuted on five counts of fraud, adding that the trial court convicted and jailed him for seven years without an option of a fine last Monday. The ICPC had accused Gideon of demanding N250,000 and…
GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai has raised concerns about the emergence of Boko Haram elements, terrorists enclave and the activities of ANSARU insurgents in Birnin Gwari and Chukun local government areas of Kaduna state, Premium Times newspaper, quoting a press release, reported Thursday evening. According to the newspaper, Governor el-Rufai also expressed concerns over the high use of Improvised Explosive Devices in the state, which suggests that terrorists had moved into Kaduna. The governor made the disclosure after the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incident Report of the first quarter of 2022, which took place at the Council Chambers of Sir…
THE Progressive Democratic Youth Front, has urged FCT Minister Mohammed Bello not to extend the scheduled swearing-in of the chairmen and councillors-elect of the six Area Councils slated for May 20 in Abuja. The group said this in a statement co-signed on Thursday in Abuja by its Chairman, Mr Sanbarka Garus; Secretary, Mr Shebi Yaba; Trustee, Ms Chika Chinedu; Public Relations Officer, Mr Madaki Zuma; and Mr Zamani Tukura, Organising Secretary. The group said that for the sustenance of justice, equity, and fair play, the minister should go ahead and swear-in the democratically and popularly elected representatives of the people.…
THE Federal Ministry of Health, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre and other partners have advocated for increase in tobacco taxation as an innovative way to generate revenue for health sector financing and save many Nigerians dying annually. The partners, who made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of ‘Research Report on Tobacco Taxation and Health Financing in Nigeria’, said the measure would help in raising funds to finance development. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC, said the act would also present Nigeria with a win-win situation in terms of reducing affordability of tobacco products and increasing revenue…
FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has suspended the planned inauguration of the six area council chairmen and councillors scheduled for Friday. This is contained in a statement on Thursday. This, according to him was due to the communication of a judgment by a court in the Federal Capital Territory directing the suspension of the inauguration. The current chairmen’s tenure will end on Thursday. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made the disclosure in a statement personally signed by him, on Thursday in Abuja. “As you are all aware, in March of 2019, we held the area council…