Joe Ajaero | |
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National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress | |
Assumed office 8 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ayuba Wabba |
Personal details | |
Born | Emekuku,Owerri North,Imo State | 17 December 1964
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation | Journalist |
Joe Ajaero (born 17 December 1964) is a Nigerian journalist and unionist,who is the current national president of the Nigerian Labour Congress. [1] [2] [3] He succeeded Ayuba Wabba who served two terms from 2015 to 2023. [4] [5]
Joe Ajaero was born on 17 December 1964,in Emekuku,Owerri North,Imo State. [6] He got his bachelor's degree in education from the University of Nigeria,Nsukka in 1990 and a post graduate diploma in Journalism from Times Journalism Institute in 1994. In 1998,he obtained a master's degree in Industrial and Labour Relations from the University of Lagos He also obtained a Law degree from Baze University,Abuja in 2023. [7] In 2003,He obtained a Certificate in Advance Tariff Structuring and Subsidy Design Option from the International Professional Practice Partnership,Cape Town,South Africa.He obtained other certifications from St George's Business School,Cambridge University;Harvard Business School;East and South African Management Institute (2011);International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization,Turin-Italy (2009); [7]
Joe Ajaero was a research officer at the One Mechanised Infantry Division Nigerian Army,Kaduna,between 1990 and 1991 for his NYSC [8] He worked as a reporter/correspondent and assistant news editor at Vanguard from 1992 to 2001 before joining the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) as the Head of Training/Information between 2001 and 2005. [5] [9]
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