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February 11, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Tasks ILO On Poverty, Social Disruptions In Africa

Nigeria has called for radical changes in the development programmes of the International Labour Organisation ((ILO) to enable it tackle the rising poverty and social disruptions in Africa. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this on Thursday in...

January 30, 2021 No Responses

Methanol Gas Project To Generate 30,000 Jobs

The proposed intergrated methanol and gas project is to create 30, 000 direct and indirect jobs in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said Sylva disclosed this at the signing ceremony of the Final...

October 30, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Elders Seek Unemployment Benefits For Youths

The Lagos State Council of Elders has called on the government to consider payment of benefits to unemployed youths. The council’s Chairman, Mr Tajudeen Olusi, made the call at the 8th Town Hall Meeting held in Eti-Osa Constituency on Thursday...

July 7, 2019 No Responses

Kumuyi : Capacity Building Is Panacea To Unemployment

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi has said that Capacity Building is Panacea to unemployment in the country. He also urges young professionals to steer clear of unpatriotic and dishonourable prac...

May 3, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate To Reach 33.5% By 2020

Nigeria unemployment rate to reach 33.5 per cent by 2020, says the Federal Government. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while declaring open a two-day workshop on “Breaking the Resilience of High Unemployment Rate in the...

February 21, 2017 No Responses

Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has flayed alleged plan by the Federal Government to sack 3,500 public servants “under the guise that their appointments were irregular and unauthorized”. In a pr...

February 17, 2017 No Responses

Capacity building panacea to unemployment, says NIMASA DG

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has averred that human capacity development initiative is a panacea to the growing unemployment rate in the economy. The DG who said this at the...

January 13, 2017 No Responses

Global unemployment to rise by 3.4 million in 2017, says ILO

The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent in 2017 representing an increase of 3.4 million in the number of jobless people, says a new International Labour Oeganisation ( ILO) report. According to...

November 9, 2016 No Responses

Dangote to generate another 250,000 jobs

Dangote Group is to generate another 250,000 employment opportunities for Nigerians through new investments in agriculture, sugar, oil refinery and fertilisers. Quoting the Group, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the projects sited in some state...

September 19, 2016 No Responses

Catholic Bishops task FG on poverty, unemployment

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the weekend advised the Federal Government to tackle ongoing economic challenges ravaging the country. In a communiqué issued at the end of the second plenary meeting held in Akure, Ondo State,...

September 6, 2016 No Responses

ILO seeks support for commitment of G20 to tackle inequality

The Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder has urged leaders to accelerate inclusive development to respond to growing employment and equality challenges. He also welcomed the commitment taken by G20 leaders to tackle ris...