Tag: Sen. Chris Ngige

Ex-Anambra gov., Ngige arrested, spends night in EFCC custody

Aminu Imam
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A former Anambra State governor, Chris Ngige, was on Wednesday, arrested in Abuja. Ngige, who is also the immediate-past Minister of Labour and Employment, is currently with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). Ngige’s aide, Fred Chukwuelobe, in a statement posted on Facebook yesterday, said that about 20 operatives from the EFCC’s Wuse-II Zonal Office stormed the former minister’s residence on Justice Mohammed Bello Road, Asokoro, on Tuesday. He alleged that Ngige was “whisked away” without being allowed to change out of his pyjamas. Ngige was reportedly on an…

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Chris Ngige meets NLC, CBN officials over planned stay-at-home

Aminu Imam

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday met with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in an effort to prevent the NLCs planned nationwide picketing of CBN offices over the lack of naira notes. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was joined by two Deputy Governors, Kingsley Obiora (Economic Policy) and Ade Shonubi, while the NLC delegation, which consisted of ten people, was led by Comrade Joe Ajaero and Emmanuel Ugboaja (Organised Private Sector). Recall that the Congress threatened to launch…

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‘Ngige lied; we were not invited to any meeting on Thursday’ – ASUU

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government did not invite the union to any meeting on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the Federal Government will soon resolve issues on the strike by ASUU. He had also said concerns over payment platforms will be addressed with the union and other stakeholders in the next meeting fixed for Thursday. However, speaking during a television programme, yesterday, ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union did not receive any letter of invitation from…

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Planned protest: No FEC decision on petrol subsidy removal yet Ngige to NLC

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), is yet to approve the proposed removal of the Federal Government’s planned petrol subsidy. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government is yet to approve any policy on the removal of any fuel subsidy. Recall that the National Executive Council, (NEC), of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), had resolved to hold a national protest on Feb. 1, 2022, against the plans by the federal government to remove fuel subsidy.…

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FG, Resident doctors reach agreement to prevent strike

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The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Action (MOA) with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to avert the unions planned nationwide strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with NARD on Thursday, in Abuja. Ngige said that the deliberations were fruitful and that all the things written in the MoA would be implemented. Hopefully, by tomorrow, you will experience the payment as agreed here for the second category of doctors, who are an…

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Another strike looms, as varsity workers issue fresh 14-day ultimatum

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University workers, under the aegis of National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), have threatened to ground activities on campuses to protest alleged disparity in the allocation of the N40 billion Earned Academic Allowance to be released by the Federal Government. The union yesterday gave the government 14-day strike notice to address concerns raised in the sharing formula adopted for the earned allowances or risk another round of industrial action in public universities. NAAT and two other university based unions the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU) and…

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ASUU will end strike before Jan 15, FG assures

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has again assured that the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), would soon come to an end. The assurances followed the payment of part of the arrears of salaries to the university lecturers in line with the agreement reached with the union. Speaking at the meeting with ASUU yesterday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, assured that the strike would be called-off before January 15. Referring to an ultimatum issued by some students, the minister said the industrial action would…

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