The Federal Government has set up a committee to come up with a work plan on how to resolve the dispute between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, stated that this is part of the Memorandum of Understanding reached at the end of…
The remains of Comrade Abdul Kareem Adebayo Motajo, the former General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), will be arriving Nigeria this week and committed to mother earth on Thursday, 11 February 2021. Comrade Motajo died April 20, 2020 in Cuba but the global lockdown led to the delay in the…
The Ogun State Government has said that appointments, promotions and career advancement would be merit based, as favouritism would no longer be entertained in the State Civil Service. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta while addressing workers who trooped out to thank him for paying the new…
Following extensive deliberations between the Federal Government and Organised Labour (NLC, TUC and others), the following decisions were been reached between the two parties which paved way for the suspended strike. “The parties agreed to set up a Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff policy that is being chaired by the Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are both set to mobilize their members across the country to commence a nationwide strike and protest on September 28 following the failure of the Federal Government to reverse the hikes in electricity tariffs and fuel pump price. The NLC President Ayuba Wabba disclosed…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called off its nationwide industrial action embarked upon last Wednesday to kick against the increase in pump price of petrol from N86.50 to N145 per litre. Labour suspended the strike on Sunday and said it would meet with the Federal Government again on ways to resolve issues amicably. NLC…
The leadership of the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, May 19, 2016, held a meeting with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over their industrial action, which entered day two on Thursday. The workers had embarked on a strike to force the Federal Government to revert the pump price to N86.50 from N145 it increased…
All things being equal, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and its civil society allies will commence a nationwide industrial action next week. This is to force the Federal Government to rescind its decision to scrap the controversial fuel subsidy and bring down pump price from N145 per litre. Labour said if the government fails to…
On Wednesday, the Federal Government finally announced the scrapping of the controversial fuel subsidy regime and declared that every Nigeria is now free to import fuel into the country as long as the product meets “existing quality specifications and other guidelines issued by Regulatory Agencies.” The government further said Premium Motor Spirit, also known as…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has kicked against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, which has now led to a new pump price of N145 per litre. The labour union in a statement issued on Wednesday disclosed that it would resist the increment because the action “represents the height of insensitivity and…