Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off its industrial action after the Department of State Services (DSS) brokered a truce between the Federal Government, oil industry stakeholders, and organised labour. It was gathered that the resolution followed a high-level meeting convened in Abuja with...
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Efforts by the Federal Government to mediate a dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group have collapsed, raising fears of an impending fuel strike. The closed-door meeting, held on Monday and led by Minister of Labour and Employment Mohammed Dingyadi...
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has warned of a nationwide strike should the Federal Government proceed with its proposed 5% tax on petroleum products. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, TUC President General Festus Osifo and General Secretary Nuhu Toro condemned the policy as “economic wickedness”...
Secretary, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nuhu Toro, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay all the unions’ entitlement yet to be paid since February. The unions are: Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN); Construction Workers Association; Kaduna zonal Council of PENGASSAN, among others. Toro...
The Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Kwara branch, Mr Abdulrahman Onikijipa, has called on Nigerian workers to adopt discipline and a positive attitude toward their work. Onikijipa gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the Workers’ Day...
President Bola Tinubu says his administration remains committed to ensuring fair labour practices in the country. Tinubu said this at the First Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Friday in Abuja. The theme is: The Future of Work- Ensuring Fair Labour Practices and...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to give priority attention to employment generation, insecurity and rising inflation in the country. President of TUC, Mr Festus Osifo, made the appeal at the first Quadrennial Delegates Conference and 20th Anniversary of the congress in Abuja, on...
The Chairperson of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) FCT Women Commission, Mrs Sandra Ogbonna, has urged women to take deliberate steps towards leadership through proactive action rather than waiting for opportunities. Ogbonna made this call at the International Women’s Day 2025 celebration with the theme “Accelerate Action Towards Occupying...
The Nigeria Labourer Congress and Trade Union Congress in Zamfara have given the state government 14 days ultimatum to address the irregularities in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The leaders of Zamfara chapters of NLC and TUC gave the ultimatum at a news conference in Gusau on...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who faced threats from NYSC officials for criticizing President Bola Tinubu led administration. TUC President Festus Osifo, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, argued that the corps member, Ushie Uguamaye,...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the proposed 65 per cent increase in electricity tariffs. TUC position is contained in a communique issued at the end of its first quarter of 2025 National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the...
The Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to pay the remaining three months’ arrears of the Wage Award and review the Nigerian Labour Laws. This demand was made on Wednesday at the 7th Registrar of Trade Unions’ Annual National Workshop, which aimed to...
The Organised Labour in Cross River has directed state civil servants to return to work on Wednesday. The directive is contained in a statement issued by the state Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Mr Monday Ogbodum, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. Ogbodum stated that the directive...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has called on organized labour in the state to reconsider its planned two-day warning strike scheduled to commence from midnight of Sunday, 24th of November, to Tuesday, 26th November, 2024. Governor Otu, represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon....
The organised Labour in Cross River has said they would not guarantee industrial harmony from Wednesday if the state government failed to concretise plans to implement the N70,000 national minimum wage. The labour unions made their stand known after staging a walkout at a scheduled meeting with the Joint...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Ondo State Council, has declared its support for the election bid of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC had fixed Nov. 16 for the Ondo...
The Federal Government on Wednesday met with the leadership of the Organised Labour at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Abuja. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, led the Federal Government’s side; while the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. “We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has denied allegations of human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria made by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom. Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, described the claims as false and misleading. Onanuga explained that the Nigerian government...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to hold accountable those responsible for authorising and executing the invasion of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja.TcUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this in a statement Abuja. Osifo described the invasion as a...