The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress is holding a meeting today to discuss the proposed increase of the price of petrol to as high as four hundred and eight naira per litre. The proposal was made by a committee of the Nigeria Governors Forum, as part of moves to remove the payment of petrol subsidy The…
The organized labour in Nigeria has kept its promise to hold a nationwide protest today against the attempt to remove minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative List. The protesters, who were mobilized by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, marched to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who led the…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have clashed at the premises of the Corporate Affairs Commission in Abuja. The clash happened on the first day of a three-day protest by NLC members at the CAC Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory. It took the intervention of the National President of the NLC,…
The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has welcomed plans by the State Government to scrap the life pension for former governors and deputy governors. State NLC Chairman, AGNES FUNMI SESSI, says it will be nice for the same action to be extended to other parts of the country, as it will to reduce the…
The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have briefed their members about the impending industrial actions. The State Chairman of NLC, AGNESS FUNMI SESSI, said the emergency congress and mobilization meeting ON Thursday, September 24, 2020, was also attended by representatives of civil society organisations. SESSI said the total strike…
The Federal Government has again failed to convince the organized labour to call off their planned protests and strike over the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity. Government officials led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI, entered into second round of meeting yesterday with labour leaders but failed to reach any…