Immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said the former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was not a failure. Addressing journalists on Saturday, January 7, in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, while distributing palliatives to indigenes from the 21 local government areas …
Read More »Ngige explains why Buhari failed in tackling high unemployment rate
Ngigie gives clear points on why Buhari’s government has been unable to bring down Unemployment Rate The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has pointed out why the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been struggling to reduce the high rate of unemployment in the country.
Read More »My salary is N942,000 monthly, I have no allowances – Chris Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has disclosed that his and other ministers’ monthly salary fall at N942,000 after taxation. Ngige disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television on Monday, May 1. He also said they don’t have allowances as ministers except for duty allowances when …
Read More »Buhari ought to be praised – Ngige dismisses claims the President is responsible for hunger and high cost of living
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says President Buhari ought to be praised and not criticized, amid ‘hunger and high cost of living’ the country is experiencing, as most parts of the world are also battling the same crisis at the moment. Ngige said this when he spoke to …
Read More »FG to announce salary increment for civil servants ?Ngige
The Federal Government says it will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase for civil servants to meet up with the economic realities in the country occasioned by inflation. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. …
Read More »Ngige can no longer mediate amid industrial court case ? ASUU President
National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke has lashed out at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his alleged authorization of the part-payment of salaries to members of the union, following the suspension of its eight-month strike in October. Osodeke who spoke in …
Read More »‘Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Osinbajo, Amaechi, Ngige, Others Won’t Sabotage Tinubu’s Chances’
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on the National Social Investment Programme to the President and a member of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Ismaeel Buba Ahmed, says the issue of the Muslim-Muslim ticket fielded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been blown out of proposition. Naija News reports that the presidential aide …
Read More »Discriminatory, Illegal – Falana Asks Buhari To Ignore Ngige, Pay ASUU Full Salary
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to pay members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), their full salaries. This is as he called on the President to overrule the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige over the decision to pay …
Read More »2023: Both Of Them Are My Friends – Ngige Speaks On Choosing Between Peter Obi And Tinubu (Video)
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has refused to publicly disclose the presidential candidate he would vote for in the 2023 elections. Asked on Friday night during an interview appearance on Channels Television if he would be voting for his friend, Labour Party (LP), candidate, Peter Obi or …
Read More »Strike: Ngige Leaves Meeting After Heated Argument With ASUU President During Negotiation (Video)
There was an angry moment of argument between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke during a negotiation meeting facilitated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Naija News reports that …
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