DID PHCN DEFY ADVICE GIVEN ON PENSION PAYMENTS?

PHCN management in which PHCN was advised to take definite measure to resolve its lingering pension issues. According to the letter, the PHCN management was advised to "present a memorandum to the federal government, through its supervisory ministry, outlining all key challenges relating to the pension fund and the inability of the PHCN to fund the pension deficit."The PHCN was also advised to "transfer the existing pension assets to a licenced pension fund custodian pending the resolution of the funding deficit and ensure that employees open Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) with Pensions Fund Administrators (PFAs) of their choice." Another letter from PenCom to the PHCN managing director, dated May 12, 2010, still on the same subject also noted: "the Commission is concerned that to date you are yet to avail it with the Actuarial Valuation of your pension scheme.

"Also you have failed to ensure that your employees open RSAs with PFAs of their choice which are to be funded in-line with the provisions of PRA 2004. Once again the Commission would want to reiterate that PHCN is the only federal government agency that has failed to comply with the PRA 2004 which is detrimental to the interest of the employees."When the PHCN management failed to heed the Commission's warnings as captured in other correspondences, PenCom, in a letter dated 23, November, 2010, formally wrote the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

The letter read in part: "As part of efforts to ensure compliance with the provision of the PRA 2004, the Commission engaged the management of PHCN through numerous written correspondences and meetings drawing their attention to the implications of non-compliance with the Act and advising on steps needed to bring the organisation into compliance with the provisions of the Act. Despite these efforts however, the management of PHCN failed or neglected to address the issues to date, a situation which is not only a violation of the PRA 2004 but also detrimental to the interest of the employees of the PHCN."

While notifying the AGF that it has commenced a process of initiating legal action against the PHCN and its management as provided by section 85 of the PRA Act 2004, PenCom urged the AGF to intervene in the matter since the PHCN was solely government owned.

Consequently, the AGF in a letter dated 23rd December, 2010, wrote the managing director of the PHCN and requested him to urgently furnish his office with a response, but the letter was never responded to as captured in another letter by PenCom, to the Chairman Sub-Committee, Task Force on the Presidential Action Committee on Power, dated 14, June 2011.

However, the General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Joe Ajearo, did not respond to calls and text messages to his phone to confirm these cliams as at press time.

CULLED FROM THE LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER

HYA!!!!! NIGERIAN OIL WORKERS ISSUE ANOTHER STRIKE THREAT?!!!

The nationwide oil strike called to put pressure on government to pay outstanding subsidy claims, may see workers called to action again if the government misses the two-week ultimatum set by the union.

What do you guys think?

Well should this happen, I'll definitely be working from home and marketing to companies within my area that time to save costs and move forward.

LIMBSIMPLE FREE TRAINING AND NETWORKING SESSION - ABUJA - SEPT 7TH 2012

I hear people mumble from time to time in this beloved Federal Capital of Nigeria that alot of training seems to happen in Lagos but that isnt true!!! In recent times loads of free training and networking sessions are now available including a series geared at empowering people to become business owners and entrepenuers all across Nigeria.

Ezekiel Solesi runs the LIMBsimple training series currently ongoing on the 1st Friday of Every month at the Hilton Transcorp in Abuja. The training session normally runs for one and a half hours from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Please find below further details:

#EDCAbuja September Edition

In business as well as in life we need people. That's why I'm of the opinion that we are all in the people business.

That's why @ the September edition of the LIMBsimple's #EDCAbuja we'll be focusing on helping you become a better people person.

The first session would be facilitated by ME & I'll be speaking on Crafting Elevator Pitches.

The second session would be facilitated by a foremost Leadership expert Mr Gbitse Barrow. He'll be speaking on "Winning with People.

You can't afford to miss this.
Friday 7th September
Transcorp Hilton Abuja(plateau hall)
5.45pm.

The ALS & LIMBsimple's #EDCAbuja is a FREE event.

#EDCLagos will be coming shortly...

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VACANCY - EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - ABUJA

EA TO THE PRESIDENT/CEO (ABUJA)

In this job, you will provide high level administrative and business development support by conducting research, preparing statistics, and performing administrative functions. Other duties can include: supporting lower level staff, managing, organizing, and updating relevant data using database applications; communicating and providing accounts data as and when required; maintaining financial records; communicating with customers/suppliers/visitors/enquirers; handling admin duties; providing payroll and benefits administration support; arranging and participating in meetings, conferences, and project team activities; ordering and maintaining relevant office supplies. The ideal candidate will provide dynamic, proactive, and aggressive support and oversee all business development initiatives and schemes and will have 3-5 years experience with a good first degree and relevant experience in executive assistance, human resource management, and office management. This role is a target based role and applicants must be aware that agreed targets and deliverables must be accomplished each month.

METHOD OF APPLICATION:

If you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please send your CV to corporateservicesiss2@gmail.com and insitefulsolutionsconsult@gmail.com. Interviews will run on the 29^th and 30^th of August 2012 in Abuja. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

NEW POSTS COMING FROM NIKKY THE HR GURU

Aloha Readers!!

How have you all been this fabulous August? It's been really hectic for me. Ive decided to take my career to the next level, put my money where my mouth is, and literally take my life by the horns including speaking at events and mentoring young folks. But something happened that didn't make me happy. I had no time to write. It seemed that every minute was occupied with activities and I realised I am no longer just busy, I am also busy being busy. So I am back. I refuse to stop writing and teaching over the Internet and I want to remain loyal to you my dear readers.

So I am back. with news, topics, events, training sessions, and even vacancies across Nigeria!

I have missed you all so much and i hope to hear from you all as the articles fill up my blog. And least I forget, I still will be providing HR news and articles. I will also be sharing business tips along with news, tips, articles, and trainings to improve the careers of employers, employees, and business owners out there.

have a great week every body.

GIRL POWER - A HISTORY LESSON - MARIE MARIE GRESHOLTZ AKA MADAME TUSSAUD

Madame Marie Tussaud - making money in an area where grown men were afraid to dabble into

(born Marie Gresholtz) was in some ways an unlikely entrepreneur. But she did have a talent– for the newly fashionable art of wax modelling. Born in 1761, her skill in wax modelling put her in the employ of the French royal family, and she lived for some years in the Court of Versailles.

However, her life was to be thrown off course by the French revolution of 1787, which she only narrowly survived, and as a result of which she was imprisoned until 1794.

Turning tragedy into opportunity though, Madame Tussaud (as she was named after marrying in 1795) found a grisly niche by becoming the maker of wax death masks – initially of the guillotined aristocrats. She eventually was to take a huge risk by going on tour with them overseas to England, never to see her husband again. She spent a total of 25 years on the road, and eventually established a base on Baker Street, London. 

The exhibition she founded there grew as she added models of English murderers and body snatchers to the delight of enthusiastic audiences. By the time she died in 1850, she had become immensely successful, and in 1884, her grandsons move the exhibition to Marylebone Road, where it still stands along with a number of other exhibitions that have opened all across the world.

 

http://www.startups.co.uk/madame-tussaud.html

GIRL POWER - A HISTORY LESSON - JANE ADDAMS

American Jane Addams was a 19th social entrepreneur, whose sense of ethics and morality influenced her career as much as her entrepreneurial spirit.

She was born in 1860, the eighth of nine children and daughter of a prominent Republican politician. Hindered by spine problems for most of her childhood, she spent a lot of her early adulthood trying to find a purpose in life. To these ends she travelled widely, and it was during a trip to Europe with her friend – Ellen Starr - that she experienced the impact of a settlement House on a community.

It was this house, Toynbee Hall, in London’s East End, that confirmed to her what she should work on when she returned to America. At the age of 27 she decided to form a similar house in an underprivileged immigrant area of Chicago.

This settlement, known as Hull-House, was formed in 1889, and became an institution known worldwide. By the time it was two years old, it was hosting 2000 people every week, who could take advantage of services including kindergarten classes, club meetings and lessons. She personally took care of most of the fundraising and became involved in wider efforts for social reform.

In 1910 she received the first honorary degree ever awarded to a woman by Yale University , and in 1931 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

http://www.startups.co.uk/jane-addams.html

GIRL POWER! A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Hello dear readers!!

Good day/evening/night/morning! How is everyone doing in nigeria and beyond. Alas a thousand apologies, incessant power interruptions and no internet access has disrupted our reports on news, life, HR, and our celebration of girl power! booooo

But we wont be stopped or deterred. We will continue this week and let's put on our rose tinted glasses to forget about that gap that occured.

Today I will be tweeting about social entrepenuers and activitis and business women who took a chance and changed history by changing mindsets towards women when it came to business, politics, and life.

We sart with looking at Jane Addams....

Nigeria: Labour Raises Alarm Over Mass Retrenchment in Banks

Lagos — WORKERS in the banking sector have raised alarm over ongoing mass
retrenchment in the sector, saying no fewer than 9,000 workers have been retrenched in the last 12 months. Under the umbrella of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, labour named five new generation banks as alleged major culprits and lamented that the affected workers were disengaged without recourse to the subsisting procedural agreement.

In a statement by Emeka Ogene and Obukese Orere, ASSBIFI vowed that the full weight of labour movement would be brought against the banks should they continue to sack workers indiscriminately and fail to follow due process by meeting with organised labour to negotiate the full benefits of the already retrenched workers.Giving detail of the retrenchment, Orere said: "It is mind bugling and the process sadly has not stopped. In the last 12 months, the banks have disengaged over 9,000 workers. "It is a serious issue and organised labour will be forced to bring its full weight on the affected banks should they fail to meet with labour to discuss full payment of benefits to the affected workers in accordance with the industry's procedural agreement."According to the statement, "if the job loss in the finance industry between 2004 and 2008 was disturbing, the loss of jobs between 2009 and now is colossal.
"It is worthy of note that while the NDIC was set up to insure only depositors in the banks, no institution has been set up to take care of the workers in these organisations. "This loophole is now being capitalised upon by the CBN and the management of these various institutions, in their policies to arbitrarily terminate the appointments of their workers.
"Managements of banks are hereby called upon to respect the sanctity of the collective agreement as it affects redundancy and engage the national unions in dialogue. We hereby call on the managements of the banks that have recently disengaged their staff, to urgently engage the national unions in the sector for proper negotiation and urgent settlement of the full entitlements of their disengaged staff."

Culled from The Nigerian Vanguard Newspaper

FOR FEMALE MANAGERS - TOPS TIPS FOR MANAGING GENERATION Y IN THE WORKPLACE

In the last few years, a significant portion of Generation Y  has entered into the labour market and like many of us who have worked with or managed workforces in the last 5 years, we have noticed something: this crop of employees is unique being that generationY are both high-maintenance and usually high-performance.

Gen Y employees are known to be excellent team-players, multitaskers, and innovators. However, they may also seen as tricky to managing and self serving when unmotivated in a job. That is why the manager’s role in the workplace has ever increasing importance on the Millenials’ retention and performance.... read more

http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2011/10/26/how-to-manage-young-professional-women-5-tips-for-female-supervisors/