2023 WORKERS DAY: Niger Govt felicitates workers, harps on productivity …… As Gov Sani Bello urges support for incoming administration

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has tasked workers to be more efficient and productive in the discharge of their duties for the progress and development of the state. He said it became imperative that civil servants be effective and productive in the performance of their duties in their interest too. In a statement to mark the 2023 Worker’s Day in Minna, Niger state capital,Governor Sani Bello said although he is leaving office in a couple of days, he is still concerned with the huge wage bill of the state…

Niger placates labour, sets up committee for reabsorption of sacked workers

The Niger State Government has made a move to placate organised labour over its decision to slash workers’ salaries and labour’s refusal to support the action. The state government, in an apparent reaction to one of the demands of workers, has set up a committee to look into the case of 80 workers arbitrarily dismissed. The committee, according to the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Idris, who interacted with newsmen in Minna on Friday, will look into why the workers were sacked and how they can be reabsorbed into…