AdminDec 11, 20162 min readBuhari doesn’t drink, smoke; loves Ndigbo – NgigeFormer Anambra governor, now Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a man who...
AdminOct 28, 20162 min readUnemployment rate in Nigeria too high – NgigeThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has lamented the current unemployment rate in the country. He described the...
AdminSep 6, 20161 min readBuhari will restructure Nigeria at the right time – NgigeSpeaking with journalists in Awka, Anambra State, the Minister said the Buhari- led administration had already commenced the...
AdminSep 3, 20162 min readFG not aware of planned strike by ASUU – NgigeThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, has said government is not aware of the grounds for the planned...
AdminAug 31, 20162 min readNasarawa to compensate dead workers as Ngige expresses Buhari’s angerShooting occurred as a delegation of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) began talks with the state government over the protracted labour...
AdminAug 1, 20163 min readBuhari’s sectional appointments: Labour minister, Ngige booed in South-East town hall meetingNigeria’s minister of labour ‎and productivity, Senator Chris Ngige was on Monday booed in Enugu as he made efforts to defend President...
AdminJul 26, 20162 min readObi, Obiano have not equalled my achievements as Governor – NgigeHe stated this at his Alor home in Idemili South local government area of Anambra State. Ngige, who was governor of Anambra State before...
AdminJul 21, 20161 min readFG, oil majors, unions agree on recall of sacked workersThe Federal Government on Wednesday reached a truce with some major oil marketers to recall sacked workers. This was outcome of a meeting...
AdminJul 13, 20161 min readNothing should make doctors embark on strike – NgigeSpeaking yesterday at the opening of this year’s Annual General Meeting and scientific session of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA,...
AdminJun 13, 20162 min readNgige faults NECA DG for advising banks against directive halting sack of workersOshinowo was recently reported to have said that the labour law did not empower the minister to issue such a directive, which he...
AdminJun 10, 20161 min readLabour lauds Ngige for intervening in sack of bank workers, decries retrenchmentThis was as it decried the gale of sack by the nation’s commercial banks, saying the development puts the economy at a greater risk. This...
AdminJun 9, 20163 min readNECA slams Ngige over threats to sanction banks for mass sackThe Director-General of NECA, Mr. Segun Osinowo, who spoke while reacting to last Tuesday’s comments by the Minister over continuous sack...
AdminJun 8, 20161 min readSenate summon Ngige over threat to banks retrenching workersThe Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim‎ indicated the decision of...
AdminJun 8, 20161 min readFederal government threatens banks for proceeding with sack of workersThe Federal Government has warned commercial banks in the country to put a stop to the retrenchment of workers or face sanctions,...
AdminJun 6, 20162 min readEmployers reject Ngige’s directive halting sack of bank workersThe Director-General of NECA, Olusegun Oshinowo, who made this assertion at the weekend, argued that Nigeria’s labour law did not empower...
AdminJun 3, 20162 min readWe must not play politics with Nigeria’s destiny – NgigeThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is sensitive to the plight of...
AdminMay 30, 20163 min readAPC government met economic recession – NgigeSenator Ngige made this disclosure in a statement to mark the nation’s democracy day and one year in office of the present...
AdminMay 10, 20162 min readNLC’s N56,000 minimum wage demand is legitimate – NgigeNgige made this known yesterday while playing host to the executive members of the Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa (OTUWA) in...
AdminApr 28, 20162 min readI’m not one of former Governors, Senators still collecting salaries – NgigeA statement he personally signed, said “It is my considered opinion that I respond in public interest, to the issue of double emoluments...
AdminApr 19, 20161 min readN500bn Intervention Fund: Buhari will create 1m jobs for graduates, school leavers — NgigeAddressing newsmen in Abuja, Ngige maintained that 500,000 graduates from various disciplines will be trained and employed under the...
