•Protesting Poly workers The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has issued a 21-day ultimatum beginning from August 27 to the federal government over long-standing unmet demands. The union took the decision at its 77th General Executive Council meeting held between Tuesday, August 26, and today, Thursday, August 28, 2025...
•Pensioners Over 10, 000 retired workers of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, MTEL, under the Defined Benefits Scheme (DBS), have decried what they describe as years of injustice, neglect, and exclusion from pension benefits accorded to their counterparts in other defunct government agencies. Speaking ...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has officially commenced the payment of arrears arising from the recently approved N77,000 monthly allowance to both current and recently discharged corps members. This confirmation came from the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, who announced that the disbursements are being made ...
•Naira notes The federal government says it is set to pay the outstanding five months N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers. This payment was part of an agreement between the government and Organised Labour to cushion the effects of hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidies, reports The Guardian. The Office of [&helli...
With the battle for a new minimum wage settled in most of the 36 states, workers are now shifting attention to the payment of the arrears of their remuneration. Many of the states commenced payment of the new wage last month while some have promised to do so at the end of this month, reports […]
•Varsity workers protest The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have threatened to ground activities on campuses nationwide from Thursday except the federal government pays the withheld salary arrears of their members. SSANU said this in a com...
•Pensioners and Tinubu The agonies of retirees from the Federal Civil Service appear to be getting worse as the federal government has failed to release funds for payment of accrued pension rights in the first half of 2024, H1’24, which ended yesterday. The FG had reneged for the full year 2023, FY’23, as no funds […]
•FCT primary school teachers protest Primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), today, staged a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The protesting teachers accused the FCT Area Councils of poor attention to their welfare, reports Channels TV. The teachers protested the non-payment of salary arrears, promotion arrears a...
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