…claiming that the FCT Administration had fulfilled its obligations to teachers and other local government workers. “We want to state categorically and let it be known to the public that this so-called strike declaration is political, and we will not accept it. We will not accept it because there’s no basis for anybody…

…River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has approved the reinstatement of about 3,000 local government workers removed from the state payroll, following a meeting with organised labour. The decision came after talks with the state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the…

…the Nigeria Labour Congress has appealed to the Rivers State Government to give sacked local government workers another chance to prove that they are genuine employees. The NLC appealed to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the State Local Government Service Commission to review the decision by way of fresh revalidation in…

…circle? The local government is responsible for the payment of salaries of local government workers. The local government is responsible for the payment of teachers at the primary schools. Every month, the financial responsibility of the local government happens to be about N6.5 billion, which is supposed to be paid fr…

.within 2 weeks, you all will smile – SSG By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar Newly employed local government workers in Cross River State have staged a peaceful protest in Calabar over 11 months of unpaid salaries, urging Governor Bassey Otu to approve their enrolment on the state payroll. The protesters, drawn from local gove…