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The House of Representatives is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow each state to determine its minimum wage. The bill sponsored by Garba Datti seeks to move the minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. The implication is that states Houses of...

The Senate has urged the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs in conjunction with other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies to develop strategic framework for the promotion of the establishment and development of cottage industries in all the 774 LGAs of the country. The call was made on Tuesday...

  Heineken NV plans to cut about 8,000 jobs, the Dutch beer group said on Wednesday. The company is seeking to restore operating margins to pre-pandemic levels after a sharp decline in profit because of coronavirus restrictions. The world’s second-largest brewer, which makes Europe’s top selling lager Heineken as well...

 The Kwara branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed shock over the decision of the state government to disengage 2,414 teachers employed by the immediate past administration. In a statement on Wednesday, signed by its chairman, Alhaji Issa Ore, the union said that the decision to sack that...

  The 774, 000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will now commence on January 5, the Federal Government said on Sunday. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, told The Nation on Sunday in Abuja. The programme, designed for artisans to do public works for three months for...

The Delta Government Job and Wealth Creation Bureau says it is developing a digital job market information portal to carter to the needs of job seeking unemployed graduates in the state. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof. Eric Eboh, who disclosed this on Monday at a two-day workshop...

The Federal Government has resolved to consider the adoption of the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) being proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as alternative emoluments payments platform to the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPS). The Minister of Labour, Productivity and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made...

The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has come against increasing the retirement age of civil servants, stressing that it would aggravate youth unemployment in the country. The association stated this in its Quarterly Economic Review report for the third quarter of the year (Q3 2020), adding...

  PricewaterhouseCoopers says Nigeria’s unemployment rate can rise to 30 per cent by the last quarter of the year amid slow economic growth. The consulting firm, in its September economic alert publication, estimated that unemployment could reach 28 per cent in third quarter from 27 per cent in second quarter...

  Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has said it will reduce its workforce by 25 per cent as it is reviewing its manpower requirements in the light of the changing business environment. CNL disclosed this on Friday in a statement entitled ‘Chevron Nigeria Limited reviews workforce in accordance with business exigencies....