Ms Hassan adjourned the case until January 28 and 29, 2026.
“Mr Ngige is currently being interrogated at our Abuja zonal office,” a source told Peoples Gazette.
Mr Mbata succeeds Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, who was appointed to complete the tenure of the late Emmanuel lwuanyanwu.
He said that victory was not won on a platter but needed extra hard work.
The Minister of Labour and Employment revealed this during a meeting with members of JOHESU in his office onThursday in Abuja.
“Issuing threats will definitely worsen the problem. If no work, no pay is implemented, our members will determine how we will handle it.
The president said Nigeria, as a viable member state of the ILO and a connoisseur of workers’ rights, had ratified all the core conventions of the organisation.
Some of them who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, described the payment as timely.
Mr Ngige noted that the current administration reciprocated the support of workers by raising the minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000 in 2019.
“We have been very proactive in handling industrial disputes,” Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Tuesday.
