Chris Ngige
With the ongoing warning strike of resident doctors, the federal government has threatened to hire ad-hoc doctors with the salaries of the striking doctors. It was during a live Channels Television program, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the hint. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) began a five-day […]
The lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have received full salaries for November 2022. This confirmation is coming from the Punch, as the eight-month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this known in an interview with […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to spend N1.96 billion on new vehicles in the Presidential Villa amid a deepening economic crisis and cash crunch that has seen the government admit to owing contractors nearly a trillion naira. The State House Permanent Secretary, Tijjani Umar, said next year’s elections would necessitate frequent travels and thus […]
A separate body from the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, is set to receive a certificate of registration from the Federal Government on Tuesday, 4 October 2022. The information was revealed in an invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public […]
The federal government has warned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against ignoring the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order to call off its industrial action. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, said the union is misleading Nigerians with its claim of filing an appeal against the order. He called […]
The federal government says it will raise workers’ base salaries to meet the current realities in the economy of the country. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said this at the public presentation of the NLC of 40 publications titled, ‘contemporary history of working-class struggles’ held in Abuja on Monday. The N30,000 […]
Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their strike in the interest of students. The President made the appeal at the 19th National Productivity Day Celebration and Conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit Award at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The […]
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Ministry of Finance and National Planning will commence the disbursement of funds to universities on Wednesday. The minister said the government is certain that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not embark on the planned strike. He stated this when […]
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