The embattled Labour Party chairman Julius Abure, has spoken out against the picketing of its party secretariat by the Nigeria Labour Congress.The NLC leadership had accused Abure of planning to hold an “illegal convention to perpetrate his rule or in the alternative appoint cronies to act on his behalf.He also said that the NLC’s action…
Labour unions in the North East have proposed N560,000 per month as national minimum wage. While the branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, in the six states of the North East recommended a monthly minimum wage of N560,000, the Adamawa and Bauchi state governments recommended N45,000. The six branches…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone. The labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the demand during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the…
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Imo State chapter has beckoned on the Federal Government to find a realistic means of cushioning the woes in the country lamenting that Nigerians have endured enough of the economic hardship. The State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Chigaemezu Nwaigwe, disclosed this on Tuesday during a peaceful protest embarked upon in the…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have started protests in several parts of the country over the biting economic hardship. Labour and Federal Government authorities had met Monday in a late push to stop the protests, but the meeting ended with no agreement reached between the parties. As early as 7:00 am, protesters started…
The Nigeria Labour Congress office in Lagos has been sealed by the Nigeria Police Force ahead tomorrow’s planned nationwide protest against hunger and hardship in the country. This is according to a report by Sahara Reporters. An activist and national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Hasssan Taiwo revealed this on Monday morning via…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union….
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government did not fulfil its promises to workers in 2023. In a statement on Sunday, President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, berated the federal government for not keeping to agreements with Nigerian workers despite the patience demonstrated by the labour unions. Ajaero noted that members of…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has debunked rumors making the rounds saying that nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday, December 18. A statement issued and made available to Ekweanaedo News on Sunday by the NLC’s Head of Information and Public Affairs, Beson Upah said the notice circulating on social media was fake. He called…
The Imo State Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, has said that no government official was among suspects arrested in connection with an assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. The NLC leadership had embarked on strike on Tuesday and accused the Imo State Government of sending some of its officials…
