Comrade, salaam alaikum and good morning. YOUR article on “Causalisation and Informalisation of Labour” is a serious and well-structured intervention on an increasingly important Nigerian labour question which is the widening gap between the legal and institutional architecture of worker protection, and the actual structure of employment in the country. Its central argument is that casualisation and informalisation are no longer peripheral labour-market phenomena. They are changing the composition of the working population itself. Temporary, irregular and weakly regulated employment increasingly shifts economic risk from employers to workers through insecurity of tenure, weaker bargaining power, inadequate benefits and reduced access…
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PRESIDENT of the General Assembly, Khalilur Rahman, says Africa’s exclusion from permanent membership of the Security Council is a continuing injustice, demanding justice for the continent. Rahman said this at the closing of the General Debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Assembly President said world leaders spoke clearly about reforming the United Nations during the debate. He, however, said that while the UN80 initiative would continue, “administrative reform cannot substitute for deeper political reform. “Reform is not an exercise in rearranging structures or reducing budgets, or rearranging budget lines. It is a…
THE NATIONAL Assembly will soon deepen the digitisation of parliamentary records by translating Nigerian laws into Igbo Hausa, Yoruba and other local languages to expand public access to legislative information. Mr Henry Nwawuba, the Executive Secretary, National Assembly Library Trust Fund disclosed this while declaring open the 2026 National Assembly Library Week on Monday in Abuja. The event was themed, “Parliamentary Memory: Connecting Records, Legislation and the People.” Nwawuba said the three-day programme was designed as an annual platform to promote legislative research, access to information and effective utilisation of the resources of the National Assembly Library. He described the…
THE NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC), Kebbi chapter, has commended Gov. Nasir Idris for approving the consequential salary adjustment and responsibility allowances for all primary school teachers in the state. The State Chairman of the union, Murtala Usman, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. According to Usman, besides the new salary structure, the governor also approved responsibility allowances for primary school teachers, which he described as historic in the entire northern Nigeria. He said: “Gov. Idris has proven that he is indeed a teacher-friendly governor who is poised…
THE NIGERIA Civil Service Union (NCSU) has conferred its prestigious Shield Award on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in recognition of what the union described as his commitment to the welfare and interests of Nigerian workers. The award was presented on Monday in Abuja as part of activities marking the union’s 114th anniversary. The President was represented at the ceremony by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, who received the honour on his behalf. The NCSU’s National President, Comrade Oluwole Sunday, described the Shield Award as the union’s highest honour, saying it was reserved for individuals considered to…
VICE PRESIDENT Kashim Shettima says Nigeria will support a candidate for the position of the United Nations Secretary-General, who believes in Africa’s aspirations in global affairs. A statement issued by the spokesman of the vice president, Stanley Nkwocha, said Shettima said this when he met with the Costa Rican candidate for the position of UN Secretary-General, Rebeca Grynspan in New York. Shettima said Nigeria would stand for equity, justice, and fairness in its support for any candidate seeking the position of the Secretary-General of the UN. “Nigeria will also support a candidate who believes in Africa’s aspirations in global affairs,…
UNITED Nations Secretary, General Antonio Guterres, says racism continues to poison societies, calling for tangible actions to address it. Guterres said this at a high-level event marking the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action held on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Monday. The Durban Declaration’s accompanying Programme of Action outlines the actions that states can take, acting as another blueprint for ensuring respect for human rights. Concrete actions include investments in health systems, education, housing, electricity, drinking water, environmental control measures and promoting…
BY ABADOM LAWRENCE AMECHI PEOPLE elected to provide good governance are increasingly diverting public resources into what they call empowerment—distributing inconsequential gift items to selected individuals, often those who help them mobilise votes, manipulate elections, or sustain their political structures. The idea of empowerment, as it is practised in our political environment, has become a selective administration of the benefits of democratic leadership. It is increasingly being used as an instrument of political patronage, a form of divide-and-rule governance in which public resources are distributed selectively to political supporters rather than used to provide services and infrastructure for the generality…
BY LANRE OGUNDIPE SIXTY-SIX years! In the life of a human being, 66 is the evening season of quiet reflection, a time to sit back, take stock of the journey, watch the fruit of one’s labour mature and hope that the younger generation will inherit a stable and prosperous house. But in the life of our republic, 66 feels less like a milestone than an endurance test. It is an exhausting twilight in which a richly endowed nation continues to grope in the dark, searching for its bearings and wondering why a country so abundantly blessed should still struggle to…
THE TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has recognised Comrade Shehu Mohammed as the legitimate President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN). This is contained in a statement by Comrade Nuhu Toro, Secretary-General of TUC, on Monday in Abuja. Toro warned individuals and groups allegedly parading themselves as leaders of the union to desist from activities capable of undermining industrial peace. He said the congress recognised Mohammed’s leadership following the union’s delegates conference held on Aug. 12, 2024, at Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. He said the conference was observed by the Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr…