The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the ongoing nationwide strike after signing a new agreement with the Federal Government. This followed a meeting between the parties on Monday, June 3, 2024, at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. According to the agreement, the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage will meet daily for the next week to negotiate a new minimum wage higher than N60,000. The President has committed to a national minimum wage that exceeds N60,000,…
Day: June 3, 2024
DG tasks NYSC legal officers on emerging technology for effective service delivery
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps NYSC,Brig General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has urged legal officers in the scheme to leverage emerging technology, be abreast of the novel developments and advancement in the legal profession and equip themselves for a more effective legal service delivery. NYSC DG represented by Director, Procurement, Chief Chinwedu Chukwu ,assured that NYSC Management will continue to support the Legal Unit to achieve its mandate, while also providing necessary work tools to aid the performance of all Legal Officers in the Scheme. General YD Ahmad stated this…
‘The Reign of Our Emperor’ By Lasisi Olagunju
The Japanese national anthem is a one-stanza song known as Kimigayo; its English translation approximates ‘The Reign of Our Emperor’. The worth of the anthem is in its adulation of limitless power: “May thy reign last long! May it last for tens of thousands of years Until tiny pebbles grow into massive boulders, And moss covers them deep and thick.” When I heard that our president has brought back a national anthem discarded 46 years ago, I told myself that if a peacock person would…
Wike’s Beatification in FCT, by Abubakar Yusuf
The on going and sustained beatification of public space and utilities by the FCT administration under the leadership of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT in the last one year could’ve regarded as monumental and the best thing that has happened to the seat of government, but abandoned by the previous handlers. The hitherto dilapidated state of public structures including the unkept roads corridors both within the city centre and the ones linking the satellite towns have undergone daily cleaning and rehabilitation in the last one year of the…