President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has called for judicious implementation of the Federal Government Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Wabba made the call yesterday at the commemoration of 2017 Workers Day held at Eagle Square, Abuja. He said, though the economic plan was laudable, but it …
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a new National Health Policy aimed at promoting the health of Nigerians to accelerate socio-economic development in the country. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, which …
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National Policy on Education in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects for Teaching and Learning of Indiginous Languages in Nigerian Secondary Schools There are approximately 7000 languages in existence (UNESCO, 2003), Nigeria has two broad groups of languages – indigenous and exogenous languages. Exogenous languages are those that are foreign such as, …
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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE EFCC I am honoured to be given the privilege of presenting this paper at the Ambrose Alli Annual Lecture. The topic is apt, given the pedigree of the man in whose memory we have gathered here today. Distinguished audience, permit me to state that the “leader” …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] affirms that the recent February 2017 xenophobic attack like previous ones (in 2008 and 2015) is yet another unacceptable and avoidable development. We totally condemn it and call on the South African Government to move without further delay to take actions to prevent another occurrence. …
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Comrade Ayuba Philibus Wabba, mni, is a self-made intellectual and a hard-baked activist with an unflinching commitment to the cause of the downtrodden. This has fired his quest for knowledge and passion for social justice and the building of a more equitable and humane society. A dogged fighter with strong …
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May Day, Labour Day, International Workers’ Day are some of the appellations for May 1st. It is a public holiday in Nigeria. It began in Europe as a traditional spring celebration to welcome Summer while the first Monday of every May is usually a bank holiday for labourers and workers. …
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Angry workers in their thousand disrupted the 2017 May Day celebrations at the Eagle Square, Abuja, over the failure of the Federal Government to give them a new minimum wage in the country. The workers insisted that the Federal Government had a responsibility to give them a definite position on …
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Business activities were today grounded to a halt in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja as Nigerian labor unions embarked on a peaceful mass protest against the outrageous hike in the electricity tariff which took effect early this month. The protest which kicked off from the Labour House at the Central Business …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] affirms that the recent February 2017 xenophobic attack like previous ones (in 2008 and 2015) is yet another unacceptable and avoidable development. We totally condemn it and call on the South African Government to move without further delay to take actions to prevent another occurrence. …
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