THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South-West region of the country. The chairman of the Lagos State branch of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the demand during her presentation at the public hearing of the Tripartite Committee …
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THERE are strong indications that organised Labour will push for N500,000 as the minimum wage as the zonal public hearing on the new wage structure begins on Thursday (today) in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in an interview …
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AN appeal has gone out from the federal government to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the union to shelve its planned nationwide protest. The appeal is coming just a few hours before the NLC planned protest against the rising cost of living and general economic hardship in the country, which is …
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NOT less than 65 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations Forum have pulled out of the planned nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The CSOs argued that the protest, scheduled for February 27 and 28, may be hijacked by hoodlums …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, met with selected members of the organised private sector at the State House in Abuja. Newsextra24 reports that the President met with the businessmen ahead of the planned nationwide strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled for tomorrow, Monday. The meeting’s agenda was not undisclosed, …
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been advised by the Coalition of Katsina Groups for National Unity and Integration to shelve its planned protest and strike action. Newsextra24 reports that the group’s coordinator, Comrade Hamza Umar Saulawa, gave this advice in a co issued on Sunday. Saulawa hailed the Federal Government’s …
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THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has scheduled February 27 and 28 as a two-day nationwide mass protest. Newsextra24 reports that the National President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during an ongoing press conference at Labour House, Abuja. The protest was declared to press the demands on the …
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THE Federal Government on Thursday addressed concerns raised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), asserting that accusations of failing to fulfill its promises to the labor unions are unfounded. This clarification came amid escalating tensions following the organized labour’s threat to initiate a nationwide …
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KWARA State Joint Labour Movement has asked the state government to implement N35,000 wage award for all categories of state workers to mitigate the hardship resulting from the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal government. The labour movement said it was constrained to remind the state government due to its …
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, embarked on a nationwide strike from Tuesday November 14, and after the intervention of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, called it off two days later. The reasons for …
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