Governor Peter Mbah has inaugurated the Committee for the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage for Civil and Public Servants in Enugu State, giving the Committee a maximum of one month to submit its report. The Committee which was inaugurated on Thursday at the Government House, Enugu, had the Head of Service, Kenneth Ugwu,…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened a massive protest that will shut down the Nigerian economy should the Federal Government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The TUC in a statement signed by its President, Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, slammed the directive by the CBN…
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark International Workers’ Day, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, say life has been miserable for Nigerians and workers under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. In separate statements by the Head of Information and Public Affairs of NLC, Benson Upah and…
The Trade Union Congress has called on the Federal Government to fix a new minimum wage to tackle the rising cost of living in the country. Since the removal of fuel subsidy, the cost of living has spiked and inflation figures pushing new highs in Nigeria. Although there have been protests and meetings between labour…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has condemned an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike, describing the report as false and totally misleading. In a statement by its management on Tuesday, the company also said the report…
Nigerian Labour Congress, Kano chapter has risen in solidarity with the NLC nationwide strike as situation in Kano reports that primary and secondary schools, as well as tertiary institutions, have also joined the strike. In compliance with the directives from the national chapter, primary and day secondary school pupils who went to school as early…
National Labour congress (NLC) in conjunction with Trade Union Congress (TUC) has scheduled a press conference today (Friday) on the impending nationwide action starting next week, Tuesday, November 14. The meeting was made known by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) General Secretary, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, on Thursday during a visit to the Inspector-General of Police…
