•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has painted a grim picture of the state of the nation and its workers, warning that rising insecurity, deepening poverty, and worsening economic conditions are pushing citizens to the brink. Recall that NLC and other stakeholders in the Nigerian project had consistently blamed hardship in t...
•NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has placed its unions and members on red alert over the rift between the Dangote refinery and the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). PENGASSAN had been at loggerheads with the refinery, accusing its management of sacking over 800 Nigerian workers, repo...
•Nigeria Labour Congress members The federal government has bowed to the threat of a strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress for not constituting the governing board of the National Pension Commission by appointing Mr Opeyemi Agbaje as the chairman. The news of Agbaje’s appointment was confirmed to our correspondent by impeccable NLC sources, as...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress today issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government over its failure to constitute the governing board of the National Pension Commission. The Labour Centre also accused the government of diverting workers’ funds through the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, reports The PUNCH. According...
•Nigerian workers and Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a stark warning that Nigeria is sliding dangerously toward authoritarian rule, as the country’s democratic space continues to shrink and workers’ rights come under sustained assault. Specifically, NLC accused the federal government and state governors of systematically c...
As global delegates gather for the 62nd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SB 62) in Bonn, Germany, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) being negotiated must truly reflect the voices, rights, and needs of workers and their co...
•NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday demanded an upward review of the retirement age for all categories of civil servants. The National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this demand during the ongoing May Day celebration in Eagle Square, Abuja, reports The PUNCH. While presenting some of the demands of [&hell...
•Peter Obi The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not require any coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party or support from political figures like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or ex-Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to win the 2027 presidential election....
•NLC rally The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its Rivers State Council to organise a peaceful rally on May 1, 2025, as part of activities to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day. The rally is to be held within the premises of the council, involving all affiliate unions, and will focus on advocating for the […]
•Adebayo and Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described as “a joke too far” the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu’s claim that 150 million Nigerians now enjoy “adequate electricity” supply of 5,500 megawatts. In a statement released by the union’s President, Joe Ajaero, yesterday, the union said the minister’s statement was “outrageo...
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