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The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan is presently at a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige and his Minister of State, Festus Keyamo. At the meeting, Ngige has apologised to the National…

The Federal Government has threatened to sanction trade unions that fail to submit details of their yearly audited accounts to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, made…

The Federal Government has said it will soon review the wages of all political office holders. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this during a visit by the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) who…

Despite the delay in negotiation of consequential adjustment, the take-off date for the implementation of the new minimum wage is April 18, 2019 when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill into law, the Minister of Labour and…

The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) has described statement by Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr, Chris Ngige that the Federal Government may have to reduce the workforce in public service before it can…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige to expedite action on negotiation with the organised labour on the new N30,000 minimum wage consequential adjustment. He gave the…

JUNIOR workers in the employment of the Federal Government have started receiving the N30,000 minimum wage, Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said at the weekend. Ngige, who spoke in Enugu, said the payment to levels 1 to 6 commenced last…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has explained why it has accepted Dr Chris Ngige’s reappointment as the Minister of Labour and Employment. NLC had earlier kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision, but Ngige was confirmed…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has threatened to sanction banks, who sack workers indiscriminately, saying they ought to declare redundancy before taking such decisions. He stated this on Thursday in a chat with…