•Nigerian workers Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have unequivocally condemned what they described as hasty and unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The labour unions called for the immediate reversal o...
•Nigerian workers The Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concern that many state governors abandon their states and reside permanently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, while the citizens they are meant to govern suffer hardship. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made this statement duri...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress have urged Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide boycott of telecommunication services in protest against the federal government’s recent approval of a 50% increase in telecom tariffs. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, today, the NLC condemned ...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), have described as “absurd” the N8 billion allocated in the 2025 federal budget to sensitise Nigerians on the need to pay electricity bills. This was revealed in a statement signed by the President of the union, Comrade Joe Ajaero yesterday. [&hel...
•Nigerian workers Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress have frowned on the recent hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, describing it as the height of insensitivity against the masses. Senior NLC officials disclosed this in separate interviews with our correspondents yesterday, as ...
•Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have urged the National Assembly to suspend work on the tax reform bills to allow for broader consultation and meaningful engagement with Nigerian workers. The congress criticised its exclusion from the formulation process of the bills, describing it as “unacceptable and a...
•Comrade Ayuba Wabba Former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, has called on labour unions to oppose the Tinubu-led federal government’s proposed annual increase in Value Added Tax (VAT), warning that it will have severe consequences for Nigerian workers. Wabba, speaking at the inauguration of the newly electe...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, have criticised the International Monetary Fund for its denial of responsibility regarding the Nigerian government’s recent removal of subsidy on petrol. The congress describes the denial as cynical and emblematic of the IMF and World Bank’s longstandin...
Nigerian workers under the umbrella of Trade Union Congress (TUC) have demanded the return of petrol prices to what they were as of June 2023. “We want the price of the product to go below what it was before; not just reverse to what it was before but to go below,” said TUC President, Festus […]
Nigerian workers, under the umbrella of the Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, and Nigerian Union of Pensioners, NUP, have proposed a staff redistribution, placement and auditing exercise, to ascertain the actual numbers of local government workers, primary school...

