Tag: Dr. Chris Ngige

Alleged ₦2.2bn fraud: Court remands Ngige in Kuje correctional centre

Aminu Imam
Court remands Ngige

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwarinpa, Abuja, yesterday ordered the remand of former minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, at the Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on ₦2.2 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).  Justice Maryam Hassan gave the order after Ngige was docked on an eight-count charge bordering on contract fraud, gratification and abuse of office, and directed that he remain in custody until Monday when the court will hear his bail application. Ngige, who served…

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Workers Day: 1.6 million households get N10,000 each from FG bi-monthly – Ngige

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday claimed that a total of 1.6 million poor households benefit from a bi-monthly payment of N10,000 each, as part of its plan to mitigate suffering among the citizens. The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made this known during the 2023 International Workers’ Day celebrations at the Eagle Square in Abuja, yesterday. According to him, “In 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the National Social Investment Programme, currently the largest of such programmes in Africa and one of the largest in the world. The National…

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FG makes u-turn on salary review for civil servants amidst rising inflation

Aminu Imam

After raising hopes of workers, the Federal Government has said it was not planning any upward review of salaries for civil servants. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has now said the increase he earlier talked about was on the remuneration and emoluments of the affected workers, especially the civil servants, adding that it is still ‘work in progress’. He noted that only some ‘peculiar allowances’ are being reviewed. “It is hoped that this rightful step which the Federal Government had embarked upon on compassionate grounds without any prodding…

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NLC writes Ngige, demands withdrawal of CONUA, NAMDA certificates

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, to respect the stipulations of the Trade Unions Act regarding registration of new trade unions while one already exists, by withdrawing the certificates of registration he recently issued to the two newly created unions that were previously part of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU). NLC also presented evidence that the Labour Ministry had in 2013 under former Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu and the Registrar of Trade Union, Mrs N.…

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Strike: Ngige misinforming Buhari – ASUU president alleges

Aminu Imam

The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has said the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been misinforming President Muhammadu Buhari on the union’s strike. Recall that on July 11, Buhari urged the union to rethink its current strike because it is negatively affecting parents and students. Osodeke, who spoke during a television programme yesterday, however, said the president would not have made such a comment if he had been properly informed. According to the ASUU president, the union is unaware of the sum…

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FG opens portal to document unemployed Nigerians

Aminu Imam

Amid criticism of the employment deficit in Nigeria, the Federal Government has instructed that a portal be opened to document unemployed citizens. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who revealed this, said the resolution was reached on Wednesday, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before he proceeded to Rwanda to attend the 2022 CHOGM. The job portal would also take Nigerians living in the diaspora into cognisance. The Minister also noted that the Council approved the digitisation of the operations…

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Ngige officially declares for Presidency

Aminu Imam

…Says Buhari has not failed Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has officially declared his intention to run for the position of president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Ngige, while addressing his supporters in his hometown at Alor in Idemili-North, Anambra State, yesterday, also said President Muhammadu Buhari had not failed. He said the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), did not fail as many would like to say. According to him, the president worked with the resources available to him. “Some people will say…

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“Train doctors for free, make them work in Nigeria for 9yrs before migrating”, Ngige urges Rep members

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has urged the House of Representatives to make provisions to stop medical doctors from emigrating to other countries after schooling for free in Nigeria. Ngige disclosed this on Wednesday, in a statement released by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan. According to the Minister at the 2022 Budget Defence, if the Government should train doctors for free, they should be able to keep them by insisting that they serve the…

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Universities to get N30bn revitilisation funds – Minister, Ngige

Aminu Imam

…Workers to get N22.172bn as earned allowances The Federal Government says it will commence the disbursement of the N30 billion revitalisation funds to public universities very soon. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige disclosed this in Abuja, after a conciliation meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU). A statement by the Deputy Director Press in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, said the meeting was convened by the Minister to evaluate the level of implementation of the Memorandum of…

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‘How foreign doctors earn 5 times higher than Nigerian counterparts in some States – Ngige

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has frowned at the disparity in payments of foreign and local workers in parts of the country. He criticised states in Nigeria that employed and paid foreigners five times higher than their Nigerian counterparts. Ngige said this when he received the Chairman, Federal Character Commission, Dr. Muheeba Dankaka, and other Federal Commissioners during a courtesy visit yesterday, in Abuja. He regretted that such preferential treatment given to foreigners by some States ahead of their Nigerian counterparts does not encourage national unity…

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