The Federal Government has assured its commitment to expedite full implementation of the 16-point agreement reached with organised labour. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, gave the assurance at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Nigeria Labour...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have given the Federal Government a notice of a nationwide strike, effective in 14 days. Their complaint stems from the failure to carry out the 16-point agreement between organized labor (NLC and TUC) and the...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) on Tuesday held a peaceful protest against the National Agency Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC)’s directive to shut down companies manufacturing alcoholic sachet drinks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
The Trade Union Congress(TUC) has urged the Federal Government to implement all agreements reached with the organised labour in 2023, especially the National Minimum Wage. Mr Festus Osifo, TUC President, said this in a 2024 new year message jointly signed by Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary General of the...
The Sokoto State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (SOCHEMA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on enrollment of workers into the scheme. A statement by SOCHEMA public relations officer Hamza Maiturare said the MoU was signed by health...
Organised Labour says it has suspended its nationwide indefinite strike that commenced on Nov. 14. NLC General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, confirmed the suspension to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Ugboaja said the decision to suspend the action was reached at an emergency virtual joint National Executive Council (NEC)...
The Organised Labour has explained why it suspended the nationwide indefinite strike that commenced on Nov. 14. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), explained the action in a statement he jointly signed by Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary General, Trade Union Congress(TUC), on Wednesday in Abuja....
As the strike by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) enters second day, court activities at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja were going on smoothly. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Showed that judges, staff, lawyers and litigants in the high-rise...
The on-going two-day-old workers’ strike has stalled the coroner inquest into the death of popular rapper, singer, and songwriter Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mobhad). Born in Lagos on Jan. 3, 1996, Mohbad died in mysterious circumstances on Sept. 12, 2023 and was buried the following day. His death sparked nationwide protests...
Former presidential aide and veteran journalist, Laolu Akande, has described the ongoing national strike as a “distraction” and cautioned that the nation has bigger problems to deal with especially the current hardship being faced by Nigerians and the fiscal crisis of the Federal Government. Featuring on Channels...
By ZAKAA LAZARUS, Abuja – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have said the ongoing nationwide strike was not an ego tripping show. Recalled that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the strike embarked by the...
Workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) observed partial compliance to the directive by the organised labour to it members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The Trade Union Congress(TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had on Nov. 13, directed all affiliates to embark on an...
Affiliates of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday complied with the directive of the two labour unions to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos reports that the National Executive...
Many passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stranded and unable to continue their journeys due to a protest organised by labour unions on Thursday morning, according to the Punch reports. The protesters, who blocked the entrance of the airport, are members of...
Aviation unions in Nigeria on Wednesday directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight. The unions said the strike is indefinite until otherwise directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress...
The two major labour unions said nationwide mobilisation of members and allies have begun immediately. The action by the Organised Labour followed the brutalisation of NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, last week in Imo State. There had been widespread outrage by the Organised Labour accusing the Commissioner of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued a 5-day ultimatum for the redeployment on the Commissioner of Police in Imo State. The ultimatum is a response to the attack on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo state...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the industrial action planned for Oct. 3 for 30 days. At the end of a five-hour closed door meeting, the Union leaders said that all the agreement have been given a time line...
President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the...