The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a two day nationwide protest following the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria. The nation wide protest, according to The NLC is scheduled to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. This came as it faulted the Federal Government purported...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has clarified that it is only Peter Obi’s faction of Labour Party that is recognized by the congress. The NLC made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday. Recall that Obi recently emerged as the presidential candidate of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter has urged citizens across the country to elect credible and good leaders in the 2023 elections. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, the State Chairman of the NLC, made the call at a news conference in Abakaliki on Monday. Nwafor said that the briefing was...
Edo State Government on Sunday approved N40,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state in commemoration of 2022 Workers’ Day. The Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, made the announcement in Benin while delivering his 2022 Workers’ Day speech. Governor Obaseki said his government will continue...
Workers in Enugu State Government parastatal agencies were in all black attires on Sunday during the Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers marched with a banners captioned ‘Black May Day for Parastatals in Enugu, Nonpayment of new minimum wage, Long Denials of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for peace, stability, security and good governance as workers mark this year’s International Workers Day on May 1. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, that peace, stability, security and good governance were the constitutional responsibility of...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that it was not easy aspiring to be president while serving as a state governor at the same time. Mohammed said this while hosting leadership of the Nigerian Labour Union (NLC), media chiefs, and Traders Artisans Association to a Ramadan fast break...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a communique jointly signed by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has urged the Federal Government to respect the Collective Bargaining Agreements entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in the tertiary institutions in the country. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in the 2022 Easter...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded for a total autonomy for the judiciary, local governments and State Houses of Assemblies. NLC President Ayuba Wabba stated this on Friday during a protest at the venue of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The NGF meeting with the...
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to advise its affiliate, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its ongoing strike. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the current petrol scarcity across the country, that exposed millions of Nigerians to great hardship, saying it has taken a position. NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, in a statement entitled; “’The Position of Nigerian Workers on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday said it would strongly advocate against removing Labour from the Exclusive Legislative List. NLC President Ayuba Wabba, in a statement said labour issues were presently domiciled in the Second Schedule, Legislative Powers, Part 1, Exclusive list, Item...
Aviation industry’s Associations/Unions have suspended a nationwide industrial action billed to commence Feb. 8. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while briefing newsmen at the end of a conciliation meeting in the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja. It will be recalled that the aviation...
Organised labour in Cross River has threatened to down tool again if the memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the state government is not implemented. The body, which comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Service Negotiating Council (JSNC), issued the threat when...
The Kogi Government on Monday appealed to its civil servants to exercise patience over the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. Mrs Hannah Onyinoyi-Odiyo, the state’s Head of Service (HOS), who made the appealed in a statement, described workers’ threat to go on strike as “very unnecessary” and “uncalled...
The Federal Government has revealed plans to make additional provisions for fuel subsidy in the 2022 budget amid an outcry by labour unions and other stakeholders. Initially, the government had suggested the fuel subsidy scheme may end in June, a move supported by the World Bank, with a cash...
The Federal Government has revealed plans to make additional provisions for fuel subsidy in the 2022 budget, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has said. Ahmed, who is the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, disclosed this on Monday at a meeting with the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at...
The Trade Union Congress on Saturday gave conditions for the removal of fuel subsidies. The Federal Government has hinted that it may end the subsidy programme in June but the move has been opposed in several quarters. At the end of its National Executive Council, the TUC in a...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the federal government to reconsider the plan to remove oil subsidies for the interest of the workers. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, NLC chairman in Ebonyi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki....