Comrade Wabba said while Uruguay has beaten Nigeria and the rest of the world as the first country to ratify Convention 190, Nigeria still has the opportunity to become the second country to ratify and bring it into force globally as the Convention needs ratification of only two countries to enforce it.
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Briefing shareholders at the 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Lagos last week, Dangote told the shareholders that the year 2019 was a strong year given the tough business environment across most of its operating geographies. He disclosed that the Group recorded volumes of 23.7 million metric tonnes and revenues of ₦891.7 billion.
The media has been awash with rape incidents, and even as I write, it remains the most trending, perhaps only second behind covid-19 news. It is a crime that many women dreaded and hardly recover from. A sense that one must always be on guard, vigilant and alert, a feeling that causes a woman to be edgy with anxiety if someone especially a stranger is walking too closely behind her; a psychological disposition that exerts a toll on her health. The fear and distress are all a daily part on the life of many women globally.
It counselled the CNG to explore additional avenues in conjunction with other groups and individuals in order to sustain the momentum and keep the government on its toes.
The workers made the demand at a congress meeting of public servants held last Tuesday, 16th June at the Secretariat Complex in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The congress therefore gave the state’s leadership of organized labour the mandate to issue a 7-day ultimatum to the state government with effect from Wednesday, 17th June 2020 to act decisively on their demands, failure of which the state’s workforce will embark on an indefinite industrial action slated to commence by Wednesday, 24th June, 2020.
“We uphold our position that arbitrary arrest and disproportionate deployment of armed forces to frighten the citizens from demanding accountability on electoral mandates in form of peaceful protest, personal liberty and freedom of expression, as guaranteed under relevant national and international laws, are unacceptable, undemocratic and totally unwelcome in our nation’s democracy.
Comrade Oyelekan’s third term as President of the union reportedly lapsed in December 2019 when the union was billed to hold its delegates conference. Some members of the union who obviously had become tired of him, and outraged that he was subverting the constitution of the union to perpetuate himself in office, in January 2020, wrote a petition to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chairmen Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Labour and the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The CPS is mandatory for all employees in the public service. However, certain public officers are exempted from it. These officers are judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. These judicial officers are through the provisions of Section 291 of the the 1999 (as amended) entitled to pension for life at a rate equivalent to their last annual salary and their allowances in addition to any other retirement benefits to which they may be entitled. Others exempted include members of the armed forces, the intelligence and secrete services of the federation; any employee who is entitled to retirement benefits under any pension scheme existing before the 25th day of June 2004 but as at that date had 3 or less years to retire.
“He was arrested Tuesday afternoon and moved to Abuja shortly after the peaceful protests in Katsina against killings of helpless citizens by bandits.”
With no palliatives and no minimum wage for workers in most of the states of the federation and citizens were confined to their homes as a result of the government-imposed lockdowns and restrictions, many workers especially those who are self-employed and those working in the informal sector ran out of money to buy basic necessities for themselves and their families.