THE Federal Government declared
on Tuesday that the 2009 Agreement signed with ASUU is practically impossible
for any administration to implement, but assured that very soon, the issue and
crisis would be finally resolved.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, made this known when he appeared before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday to render account of his achievements as a minister, appointed on the platform of the ruling party.
Chief Wogu, who was briefing the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led committee at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP noted the relative industrial peace and harmony being enjoyed over a long time in the country, employment and job creation, social security and improvement in the National Minium wage and its implementation as vital highlights of his performance.
Chief Wogu told the PDP National Chairman and members of his committee that he met on ground an agreement signed by the previous government with ASUU when he resumed as the Minister of Labour, but stated that the agreement is impossible to implement.
The minister declared that the present administration, led by President Goodluck Jonathan is finding a way out and doing everything possible to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of everybody.
He said: “I inherited an agreement signed by the Federal Government with ASUU and that agreement was practically impossible for any administration to implement. We are still discussing with them, if I leave here, I am going to the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) where we are meeting with them. I hope that very soon, we will resolve it.”
On the job creation efforts of the government, he stated that presently the Community Service Scheme Women and Youth Empowerment Programme of the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) of the Federal Government has already engaged 120,000 persons out of the 185,000 targeted for the year 2013.
He pointed out that as social security is an evolving structure, Nigeria is still basically trying to grow the concept to an acceptable international standard.
“We are at the stage of putting in place a social security policy that would reflect the nation’s needs and level of economic development, taking into consideration the traditional as well as the modern socio-cultural values and norms,” he said.
With the passing of the Employee Compensation Act in 2010, he said the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund was resuscitated and currently functioning, adding that it has the new mandate to provide social security services to the disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the society.
He said that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has been in the fore-front of job creation, especially in the area of skills acquisition and empowerment of unemployed people.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, made this known when he appeared before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday to render account of his achievements as a minister, appointed on the platform of the ruling party.
Chief Wogu, who was briefing the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led committee at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP noted the relative industrial peace and harmony being enjoyed over a long time in the country, employment and job creation, social security and improvement in the National Minium wage and its implementation as vital highlights of his performance.
Chief Wogu told the PDP National Chairman and members of his committee that he met on ground an agreement signed by the previous government with ASUU when he resumed as the Minister of Labour, but stated that the agreement is impossible to implement.
The minister declared that the present administration, led by President Goodluck Jonathan is finding a way out and doing everything possible to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of everybody.
He said: “I inherited an agreement signed by the Federal Government with ASUU and that agreement was practically impossible for any administration to implement. We are still discussing with them, if I leave here, I am going to the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) where we are meeting with them. I hope that very soon, we will resolve it.”
On the job creation efforts of the government, he stated that presently the Community Service Scheme Women and Youth Empowerment Programme of the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) of the Federal Government has already engaged 120,000 persons out of the 185,000 targeted for the year 2013.
He pointed out that as social security is an evolving structure, Nigeria is still basically trying to grow the concept to an acceptable international standard.
“We are at the stage of putting in place a social security policy that would reflect the nation’s needs and level of economic development, taking into consideration the traditional as well as the modern socio-cultural values and norms,” he said.
With the passing of the Employee Compensation Act in 2010, he said the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund was resuscitated and currently functioning, adding that it has the new mandate to provide social security services to the disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the society.
He said that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has been in the fore-front of job creation, especially in the area of skills acquisition and empowerment of unemployed people.
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