The Nigeria Labour Congress has said its organs will meet and decide on the next line of action as the ultimatum it issued to the federal government over the looming industrial action in public tertiary institutions expires on Saturday (today). The acting Secretary-General of the NLC, Benson Upah, disclosed this in an interview with our [&hell...
•President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the federal government’s moves to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” policy against striking university lecturers, describing it as an act of intimidation that will not resolve the crisis in the nation’s tertiary education system. In a statement signed today by...
•Nigeria Labour Congress Trade union leaders have warned against any violation of the civil service rules in favour of any Permanent Secretary or group of persons. This followed reports that there were plans in collaboration with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) to extend the tenure of the […]
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, and National Union of Electricity Employees, yesterday, resisted the ban on industrial actions by power sector workers as contained in the proposed Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The federal government, in the proposed Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 202...
•Governor Abiodun of Ogun State The Organised Labour in Ogun has rejected Governor Dapo Abiodun’s proposals to resolve the indefinite strike, which was triggered by the unrelated N82 billion contributory pension deductions and other issues. This was contained in a communique issued last night by the organised labour with signatories of 25 affi...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a warning to the Lagos State Government and the Dangote Refinery over the alleged recruitment of 89 unskilled labourers from Katsina State to work at the company’s $28 billion facility in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The NLC, through its Lagos State chapter, described the action as a violat...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The issue of wage review beyond the national minimum wage has become a trending discourse within the Labour movement, especially because of the increasing rate of inflation even before the implementation of the N70,000 new national minimum wage. During May Day, it was also strident in the joint statement of the [&hell...
•Mahmuda terrorist group The two labour centres, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have raised the alarm that a new terrorist group, ‘Mahmuda’, is gradually building up in the Middle Belt of Nigeria. Presidents of NLC and TUC, Comrades Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, respectively, raised the alarm yesterday in a [&...
•Governor Umo Eno …Says payment of N78 billion backlog of entitlements unprecedented In a remarkable show of unity and appreciation, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Akwa Ibom State have jointly passed a vote of confidence on Governor Umo Eno for his outstanding commitment to workers’ welfare. This ...
•TUC President Festus Osifo, NLC President Joe Ajaero and President Bola Tinubu The Organised Labour in Nigeria has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately reverse what it describes as the unconstitutional suspension of the elected Government of Rivers State via a state of emergency. This is part of the demands put forward by both the [&hel...
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