NECA
10 Oct
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
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
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
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.
4 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has urged government at all levels to respect the provisions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 087 to maintain peaceful industrial harmony in the country. The Director-General, Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, made the call in a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Simon Lalong, made available…
17 Aug 2023
To reduce the pressure of foreign exchange (FX) and other economic challenges associated with it, the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Federal Government, as a matter of urgency, to ramp up the production of crude oil to, at least, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)’ the 1.8 million barrel per day quota.
11 Aug 2023
With the rising rate of business divestment, capital flight and business closure in Nigeria, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the Federal Government to urgently arrest the situation.