Tag: FG
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FG, Govs agree on three-month moratorium to implement LG Autonomy
The Federal Government and state governors may have agreed to a three-month moratorium on Local Government autonomy, over concerns arising from its impact on salary payments and operational viability, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. The development means Local Governments may wait till October before the implementation of the law in the direct payment into their…
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Soldiers Surround Venue Of Meeting Between NLC, FG
By Our Correspondent Soldiers have reportedly surrounded the venue of the meeting between the organized labour and federal government. This was revealed in a tweet by the the NLC on Monday evening. “Soldiers are Presently sorrounding the venue of the meeting between Labour and Government at the premises of the SGF”, the union wrote.…
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Soldiers Surround Venue Of Meeting Between NLC, FG
BREAKING! Soldiers Surround Venue Of Meeting Between NLC, FG By Our Correspondent Soldiers have reportedly surrounded the venue of the meeting between the organized labour and federal government. This was revealed in a tweet by the the NLC on Monday evening. “Soldiers are Presently sorrounding the venue of the meeting between Labour and Government at…
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FG, Labour To Resume Talks Friday On Minimum Wage
President Bola Tinubu-led government, on Wednesday, reached out to the Organised Labour consisting the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) for the continuation of minimum wage negotiations. According to Punch, a source familiar with the matter disclosed the development in Abuja. The source noted that Labour would honour the invitation. The…
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Plan underway to create 2.5m jobs, FG
The Nigerian Federal Government plans to create 2.5 million jobs through the Labour Employment Enhancement Programme, LEEP. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed this at Thursday’s pre-inaugural ceremony for the LEEP in Abuja. She noted that in a quickly changing global environment, it was crucial to LP provide…
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FG, states, LGs share N1.1 trillion from December 2023 allocation
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.127 trillion in December 2023 federal revenue among the federal government, states and Local Government Councils (LGCs). This was disclosed in a communique by the FAAC at its January meeting, chaired by the accountant general of the federation, Oluwatoyin Madein. According to the communique, the N1.127 trillion…
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FG, NECA to inaugurate 1,071 houses in Akure, Yola, 6 others
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has disclosed plans to inaugurate 1,071 completed houses in eight project sites across the country. The states include Akure, Ondo state; Yola, Adamawa state; Katsina, Abakiliki, Ebonyi state; Damaturu, Yobe State; Sokoto, Maiduguri, Borno; as well as Kogi State. The FMBN Managing Director, Hamman Madu, in a statement by…
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FG, Lagos dole out cash to indigent residents
The Lagos State Government has collaborated with the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to distribute cash grants to poor and vulnerable residents of the state. The state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, at the event held at the Police College in Ikeja…
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FG, ASUU meet today as Ngige confident varsities resume January
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Monday, said university students would resume in January 2021. Ngige spoke in Alor, in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State during the inauguration of his medical outreach for the people of the area. He said the Federal Government had met 98 per…
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ASUU can’t claim varsity autonomy – Fed Govt
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) cannot claim to be autonomous when lecturers are paid by the government, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said on Wednesday. He said autonomy can only work when a university generates its resources to pay workers and meet its obligation. Ngige spoke while defending his ministry’s…