My government has failed Benue workers – Ortom

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, says his government had failed in its responsibility of paying workers’ salaries. He admitted this in Markudi after meeting with national leaders of organised labour on Monday. “A worker deserves his wages, but the Benue government has not been able to fulfill that obligation. We have failed the workers in this regard,” Ortom said in Makurdi, He, however, said that factors responsible for the inability of the state government to pay salaries were beyond it. “Government is worried by its inability to pay workers and has constituted a Joint Technical Committee, comprising civil servants and government officials, to look into the issues surrounding the inability to pay salaries. “The committee will also work toward bringing down Benue’s high wage bill of N7.8 billion,” he said. National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, who also spoke to journalists after the meeting, said that the state government had made offers toward addressing the industrial action embarked upon by the state workers. Wabba advised government to plug loopholes that had pushed up the state’s wage bill which he said was “too high”. Wabba and Ortom, however, refused to disclose the offers made by the government.

UNN 2017/2018 Postgraduate Entrance Examination Results Now Available

This is to inform all Postgraduate candidates who participated in the 2017/2018 Entrance Examination exercise of University Of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) that the result of the last entrance examination is now available online. The result checker cost N1000 only . To view your result, follow the steps below: 1. Visit the UNN Portal- unnportal.unn.edu.ng 2. Click on Postgraduate Students 3. Click on PG Screening Result 2017/18 4. Generate Invoice of N1000. 5. Make payments using your ATM or any bank that runs the Remita platform. 6. Come back to view your result.

Just In: ASUU may call off strike tomorrow after Monday’s successful meeting with govt

Nigerian university teachers have accepted the proposal of government but asked to be given until Tuesday for words on ending their strike. Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, stated this after the fifth open negotiation meeting with representatives of government, which lasted about four hours. He said the government will hear from them within 24 hours. “Our members are waiting for us currently at the Labour House, so you will hear from us within 24 hours,” Mr. Ogunyemi said. “In the spirit of patriotism, we can work collectively for the improvement of the education sector,” he said. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said both parties had come to the end of deliberation on the matter. “We have made lots of progress and agreed on the Union’s demands and we produced what we called ‘Collective Agreement of Action’ but ASUU calls it Memorandum of Action because they want implementation,” he said.

We Will Resist Increase In Tuition Fees Of Tertiary Institutions – NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday vowed to resist plans by some tertiary institutions to increase tuition fees. It said that such an action would be met..........See More