The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for his intervention in the protracted crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Mr Ayuba Waba, the NLC President, gave the commendation at the inauguration of the...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has commended the Lagos Government for the planned salary increments for workers in the state’s public service. The NLC Chairman, Mrs Funmi Sessi, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lago. ”The announcement came at the right...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has picketed Alibert Production (Furniture) Limited, Abuja, over the reported sack of 200 workers. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this when he led the workers to picket the firm’s factory in Idu on Friday in Abuja. The picketing was in commemoration of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has approved an extension of teachers retirement age from 60 to 65 years in the state. The governor announced the upward review on Wednesday in Maiduguri, to commemorate the 2022 edition of World Teachers Day. Borno State Commissioner for...
The Zamfara Government has approved the immediate implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for the State workforce. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, by Mr Babangida Umar, the Director-General Press Affairs, office of the Deputy Governor. The deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, made this known while...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), as well as over 40 artisans and trade associations, have endorsed Governor Abdullahi Sule, for another term in office. The organised labour and trade unions, operating under the eagis of the...
Zamfara Head of Civil Service, Kabiru Gayari says the state government will soon implement the N30,000 minimum wage for workers. Gayari spoke on Tuesday at the 4th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Zamfara Chapter in Gusau. The Head of Service, who...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have expressed displeasure over the non implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage for workers in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Acting State Secretary of NLC, Mr Ahmed Abubakar and TUC Secretary, Sani Kwotorkwoshi,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for qualified primary school teachers in the state. Governor Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday when he received the leaders of the organized labour, who were on a courtesy visit at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Borno State, on Tuesday in Maiduguri, commended Governor Babagana Zulum for the release of N705 million to clear outstanding leave grant owed workers. Governor Zulum had on Tuesday, 2nd August,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a four weeks extension of the strike action embarked on by its members since February 14, 2022. ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) reached this decision at a meeting held on Sunday, which lasted into the...
The Speaker of The House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has apologised after tweeting pictures of himself at Harvard Kennedy School while universities back home remain closed over lecturers’ strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has shut down academic activities in Nigeria universities since February after lecturers...
The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the on-going dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Rep. Muhammad Wudil, Chairman, House Committee on Labour, said this when he and other house members received the protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, ASUU Chairman of Niger Delta University, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday continued its protest in Abuja over the prolonged strike by university workers across the country. This comes a day after a similar demonstration held in various states of the Federation, except in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The protest began at about...
Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, the General-Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the congress will hold an ”Abuja Mega” solidarity protest in support of trade unions on the strike by public universities. Ugboaja made this known in a statement signed by Bello Ismail, on his behalf and made available to newsmen...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says salaries of university lecturers in the country have not been reviewed in the last 11 years. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of the union made this known at the peaceful protest organised by the Nigeria Labour...
The Kwara Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will hold a mega nationwide rally on Tuesday in solidarity with the striking workers in public universities. This is contain in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Monday. The statement...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs Funmi Sessi, state chairman of NLC gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting at...
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its nationwide planned protest in solidarity with the trade unions in the Nigeria public universities and others. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, made the appeal at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in...