Nigeria: PENGASSAN, NUPENG Call Off Strike

A Nigerian trade union representing oil workers has agreed to suspend a strike that some feared would lead to fuel shortages and disrupt crude production, a petroleum ministry official and another at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said on Wednesday.

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Ondo Strike: Workers Call Off Strike, Agree To Reduced Salary After Exhaustive Deliberation

The organised labor in Ondo State Thursday night suspended its thirty-day old strike after hours of negotiation with a delegation representing the state government.

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Ecobank fires 1,000 staff weeks after sack of 50 senior managers

Ecobank Nigeria Limited on Wednesday sacked some of its staff just as the it announced the conversion of over 200 outsourced personnel to permanent employees.
The bank in a statement issued and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said it was part of “its renewed drive for optimal performance”.

Mr Charles Kie, the bank’s Managing Director, was quoted by the statement as saying that the bank realigned certain roles to ensure improved efficiency.

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Ekiti PDP apologizes to workers over Fayose’s alleged misconduct

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has apologized to government workers over the non-payment of their five months salaries by Governor Ayodele Fayose.

The apology follows the resolutions reached at the State Executive Committee meeting presided over by the Chairman, Chief Williams Sunday Ajayi in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

The Ajayi-led state PDP executive was declared as the authentic and legally recognized committee by the ruling of a Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti in a suit marked FHC/AD/CS/21/2016 in a ruling delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on May 15.

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BREAKING: Ondo workers to start indefinite strike

Peter Dada, Akure

Civil servants in Ondo State have decided to embark on an indefinite strike on Wednesday following the inability of the state government to pay their salaries for five months.

The leadership of the organised labour in the state are currently holding an emergency meeting over the plan.

Meanwhile, workers in the state have been directed to stay at home and hospitals are to be shut down.

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Ekiti: Strike is not the only way out – Fayose appeals to Ekiti workers

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in a statewide broadcast , said the state only got the sum of
N751million from the federation account for the month of April against the sum of N1.3b it got in March, hence the need for the striking Ekiti workers to shield their swords.

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Bayelsa: Workers suspend strike, accept 50% monthly pay

The organised labour unions in Bayelsa State have suspended their industrial action over unpaid salaries and pension arrears.

The workers’ unions shelved the industrial action after an extensive meeting on Monday with the state government.

In attendance at the meeting were the government representatives and leadership of the Bayelsa State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria.

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Strike: NLC summons NEC meeting today to review strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has summoned its high­est organ, the National Executive Council (NEC), for a meeting to­day (Sunday) in Abuja to review the ongoing nationwide strike em­barked upon on Wednesday to pro­test against the hike in the price of petrol by the Federal Government.

The labour centre is expected to hold two meetings of its organs, the National Administrative Council (NAC), an organ of elected officers and the NEC, comprising represen­tatives of all the Congress affiliates.


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