NECA
2 Dec
Stakeholders have begun to worry about the paltry 12.5 per cent allocation for both health and education in the 2024 Appropriation Bill, predicting that the social sector of the economy may suffer acute funding in the coming years...
29 Nov
Plans are underway by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) to adopt a study that will aid advocacy for migrant workers in the country.
21 Nov
While it is given that every human being is a political animal and exercising preference during political contests is allowed, the politicisation of official duties and responsibilities seems to be giving some concerns.
10 Oct 2023
The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) has reiterated commitment to the success of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Director-General of the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, an umbrella body for organisations in the OPS, said this during an interactive session on the CPS by the NECA and National Pension Commission (PenCom). He…
10 Oct 2023
Director-General of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, in this interview with GLORIA NWAFOR, speaks on how the government can sustain the N35,000 wage award to federal workers to cushion the challenges of subsidy removal. What is your response to the suspension of the planned strike by labour? We commend the suspension of the strike…
9 Oct 2023
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has called on the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) to develop new robust programmes that would improve compliance to the contributing pension scheme (CPS) among its members.
2 Oct 2023
Though yesterday’s 63rd Independence anniversary had earlier been advertised to be downgraded as a low-key affair owing to the current hardship citizens were enduring, President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast to the nation where he announced that Nigerian workers...
27 Sep 2023
There are clear indications that more manufacturing companies and businesses in the country may shut down in the coming months due to the unabating energy crisis, which has now pushed diesel prices to over N1,100 per litre.
20 Sep 2023
Incessant invitations by various committees of the National Assembly to chief executives of businesses are forcing foreign and local businesses to close operations in Nigeria, the Organised Private Sector in Nigeria (OPSN) has said.
7 Sep 2023
NECA’S Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), yesterday, charged the government at the state and federal levels on policies that compel organisations to provide a safer working environment for nursing mothers nationwide.
6 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Federal Government to respect the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention (C) 087, which guarantees freedom of association and protection of the right to organise. A letter signed by the Director-General of NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde and addressed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong,…
5 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Federal Government to respect the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention (C) 087, which guarantees freedom of association and protection of the right to organise.