NO fewer than 15 affiliate unions of the Edo council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, have dissociated themselves from the process that produced Odion Olaye as chairman of the council. These unions, in a jointly signed press release issued and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Benin, said the …
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to shut down the country’s seaports over the government’s refusal to address some of the challenges in the sector. The President of NLC, Joseph Ajaero, said this on Friday while addressing journalists in Apapa during a courtesy visit to the President of the Maritime …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has commended the Lagos Government for the planned salary increment for workers in the state’s public service. The NLC Chairman in Lagos, Ms Funmi Sessi, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. “The announcement came at the right time,” …
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The national secretariat of the Nigeria labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilize civil servants to Zamfara State for a solidarity industrial action if the State government refuses to implement the payment of the constitutional national minimum wage of N30,000 at the end of the 21 days ultimatum. This was …
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The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ekiti State Branch, Olatunde Kolapo, has urged the outgoing governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to ensure that he extends the minimum wage to higher levels of civil servants not benefitting from it at present before leaving office. Kolapo said workers in the state …
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THE President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Ayuba Wabba, has urged the Federal Government to immediately begin the payment of hazard allowance to health workers in the country. Wabba made the call at the 2022 annual Federal Capital Territory Nurses Week/Scientific Workshop of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses …
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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Saturday, said that the congress has not shift ground on its stance that federal government must stop 100 per cent importation of petroleum products. In a statement issued in Abuja, NLC national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said that the labour movement …
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers has launched ObiStructure organised by the Peter Obi Volunteer Network. The initiative was launched in Port Harcourt on Sunday by Beatrice Itubo, Chairman of the congress in the state. The Labour leader warned Nigerians against voting on sentiments that might be inimical to the …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says failure of the Federal Government to resolve the dispute between its and striking lecturers in public universities could be a catalyst for an upheaval and disruptive public demonstration similar to the #EndSARS protest of October 2020. To avoid such occurrence, NLC, has given the …
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revealed why it is intervening in the imbroglio between striking university unions and the Federal Government. The labour said it took the action because of the indifference and lukewarm attitude of the government to the plight of the everyday Nigerians whose children attend the public …
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