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Our Reporters The organised labour at the weekend cautioned the National Economic Council (NEC) against approving a recommendation by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) seeking a N385 pump price for petrol. State affiliates of the organised labour, in separate interviews with THISDAY, said doing so will unleash hardships on the people and heat up the polity. Their warning came ahead of a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), scheduled for Abuja tomorrow, to deliberate on the issue. The 36 governors, under the auspices of the NGF, at a meeting last...

Female genital mutilation otherwise known as female circumcision has over time been a public health issue with stakeholders proffering ways to deal with the seeming intractable phenomenon given our social and cultural dynamics. Statistics show that over 200 million girls and women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation, (FGM) in Africa, Middle East and Asia. Most of these girls are between infancy and 15years. More than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk for FGM annually and Nigeria is not unaffected. This was one of the submissions at an online sensitization via zoom organized by ...

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Chapter of Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), have commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for his developmental strides in the State especially in the areas of infrastructure, economy, human and capital development. The Association which also lauded the Obaseki’s led administration in Edo State for the ongoing Civil Service jobs recruitment in the state, passionately appealed to the Governor for the inclusion of Optometrists in the employment exercise. NOA lamented that its members have not benefited from various employments carried out by the state government...

Edo teachers suspend 19-day strike 9 hours ago The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has suspended its 19-day strike. The notice of the discontinuation of the strike is contained in a statement issued on Friday by its Chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe; the Assistant Secretary-General, Mike Itua; and three other members of the executive. The union disclosed that the suspension of the indefinite strike, which commenced on January 18 this year, was made possible by the national leadership of the union. It urged all public primary school heads and teachers in Edo state to resume...

By Adibe Emenyonu The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State Chapter, yesterday defied the state government’s directive to resume schools as primary school teachers stayed away from their classrooms. The union also refused to heed the restraining order of the National Industrial Court (NIC), which ordered it to refrain from embarking on any strike action pending the determination of the substantive suit brought by the state government. The Edo State Government (EDSG) in a statement signed last Thursday by the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Mr. Osarodion Ogie, had ordered public pr...