NIGERIAN Labour Congress (NLC) has called on its national officers, affiliate unions, and state councils to rally behind its president, Joe Ajaero, as he appears at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) headquarters on Thursday. Ajaero was invited for questioning by the force intelligence response team (IRT) on August 20, but …
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum expressed grief over the death of the ex-President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ali Chiroma. Comrade Ali Chiroma died on Tuesday night at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital after a brief illness at the age of 91. …
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THE game the Nigerian Labour Congress is playing with the Masses regarding strike actions is too dangerous and calamitous for the country. Calling people out, working up their emotions and hyping their game-plan does not portray the Labour and Trade Organizations as serious or reliable or even trustworthy. What’s the …
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THE Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC), Ebikonbowei Alaowei, has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to end its ongoing nationwide strike for the sake of the suffering masses, including Nigerian workers. Alaowei made this appeal in a statement made …
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AMNESTY International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, have called on the President Bola Tinubu-led government to investigate the incarceration and cruel treatment meted out to the President of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in Imo State on Wednesday. The organizations in separate posts via their official X handles …
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The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has maintained that the Trade Union Congress, TUC, cannot stop its proposed nationwide strike. This is as it appears that the division between labour unions is widening as they seem not to be on the same page on the proposed strike. The NLC President, Joe …
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THE President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajero, has noted that the N5bn palliative package per state as announced by the Federal Government won’t amount to N1500 per person when shared among over 133 million Nigerians who are multi-dimensionally poor. Ajero, who made this known on Friday in an …
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As the Organised Labour returns to negotiation table with the Federal Government next Monday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday in Geneva, vowed to seek immediate salary award to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers. At the ongoing 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in …
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The Nigerian Labour Congress has called on the federal government to raise taxes across the board for the ‘rich’ and ensure that governors above 50 years resign. The recommendations were made by the union via a letter signed by Ayuba Wabba, NLC’s president and sent to President Muhammadu Buhari. The …
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The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said it will embark on nationwide public demonstration over federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, imbroglio. Recall that ASUU on February 14, 2022, shut down public universities over the inability of the federal government to implement agreements the two parties entered into …
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