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The Lagos State Government says it has paid over N4.2 billion to its pensioners, under the Defined Benefits Scheme, otherwise known as ‘Pay As You Go’, from May 2019 to March 2021.

Vanguard News Lagos disburses N4.2 bn pension arrears in two yrs On By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government said it has paid N4,203,784,514.49 arrears to pensioners in the state under the Defined Benefits Scheme otherwise known as ‘Pay As You Go’ from May 2019 to March 2021. Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pension, Mrs. Ajibola Ponle, disclosed this on Wednesday, at the 2021 ministerial press briefing which is part of activities to mark the second anniversary of Governor,...

KDSG/NLC Impasse: The victor, the vanquished and the masses, By Abdulhaleem Ringim I think the major point of concern should be how to ensure that the retrenched workers are paid off handsomely and expediently. It is my hope that NLC, the Kaduna State House of Assembly members and other relevant stakeholders would re-channel their focus and energies towards ensuring that Kaduna State government (KDSG) fulfills its promise of expediting the payment of benefits to those entitled following the rig...

Mon May 24 2021 For several days, the public space in Kaduna State was in severe turbulence as a result of a faceoff between the state government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), over the mass retrenchment of civil servants in the state. Citing financial insolvency and inability to continue sustaining the salary bill for the workers, the government had earlier disclosed its plans to downsize the work force, in order to trim the salary bill to manageable size. Expectedly, the sack plan att...

Many have opined that Adeboye was simply soiling his image, as they interpreted his comment to mean he was endorsing Bello's presidential ambition.

•Set up 10-man committee to negotiate The Federal Government has directed the Kaduna State Government to follow due process and the “principle of redundancy,” as stipulated in Section 20 of the Labour Act, in its Public Service Revitalization and Renewal Programme, leading to retrenchment and sack of workers. It has also directed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that henceforth, there shall be no further industrial action, while no worker shall be victimized on account of his or her par...

Ngige said that the meeting recognised that the current impasse was caused by communication gap between the two parties. He said that the meeting resolved to constitute a Bi-partite Committee comprising six representatives of State Government and three officials of the NLC. ”They are to engage further with the objective of reverting with a work plan on how to integrate the provision of section 20 of the Labour Act CAP LFN 2004 to resolve the impasse between the State Government and th...

Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Shiites, has lambasted the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, describing him as wicked over his treatment of civil servants in the State. El-Rufai had fired Kaduna State University’s lecturers, health workers and others who joined the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike in the state. He had also declared the National President of NLC and 17 others wanted. The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, ...

Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of NANNM, Mr Ishaku Yakubu, said in a statement that the state government’s allegation was unfounded and misleading. “ Investigations carried out by the union reveals how the nurse on duty helped to plead with the generator technician to allow power supply in the hospital as a patient was on oxygen. “The nurse equally made arrangements leading to the transfer of the same patient to a private hospital the following morning as the strike...

Kaduna labour crisis: NLC threatens general strike as El-Rufai declares Wabba wanted Adelani Adepegba, Lesi Nwisagbo, Maritha Ebolosue, Godwin Isenyo and James Abraham Published 19 May 2021 Adelani Adepegba, Lesi Nwisagbo, Maritha Ebolosue, Godwin Isenyo and James Abraham Published 19 May 2021 • SANs slam El-Rufai over order on Wabba, NLC president dares gov There was confusion in Kaduna, the Kaduna  State capital, on Tuesday when thugs attacked workers at a rally organised by the Nigeria ...