By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Borno state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the implementation of minimum wage to the 27 local councils with review of workers; pensions. According to the Congress, inflation and high costs of living with attendant removal of fuel subsidy have negatively affected workers’ productivity and progress in … Read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to the increase in the salary for civil servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures. Trojan News reported that the Bola Tinubu government, on Tuesday, approved an increase of between 25 per cent and 35 per cent in salary for civil servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures. A … Read more
IT has come to the knowledge of the leadership of the Labour Party of a letter of invitation trending in some sections of the media purportedly written by some desperate characters in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC inviting some Nigerians to an illegal stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold on Monday in Abuja wherein they propose … Read more
THE labour veterans and trade unionists’ assembly has again today, urged the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party(LP), Mr Julius Abure, and the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Joe Ajaero, to tender immediate resignations from their respective positions. They declared that the two individuals are no longer competent to continue to function … Read more
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma has died. Ciroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Tuesday. A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death of the veteran unionist in … Read more
THERE are strong indications that organised Labour will push for N500,000 as the minimum wage as the zonal public hearing on the new wage structure begins on Thursday (today) in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on Arise TV on February … Read more
NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it was not after the job of President Bola Tinubu. The NLC said this following President Tinubu’s statement in Lagos State on Thursday as he undertook a train ride. Tinubu, who inaugurated the 37km Red Line rail project of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, said … Read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday night, suspended its two-day protest all over the country, Channels TV reports. The Labour, in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of the demonstration. “Consequently, NEC-in-session resolved as follows: to suspend … Read more
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has scheduled February 27 and 28 as a two-day nationwide mass protest. Trojan News reports that the National President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during an ongoing press conference at Labour House, Abuja. The protest was declared to press the demands on the current hardship being faced by … Read more
THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to suspend their proposed strike in the interest of the nation. NANS National President, Mr Pedro Obi, made the appeal at a news conference in Abeokuta on Saturday. Trojan News reported that NLC and … Read more