ABUJA—CONTRARY to speculation that the organised Labour has threatened to embark on strike over the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage, President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba has said that the congress has not issued any strike notice.

MAY salaries and wages have been paid by the Federal and State governments without the minimum wage directive being put into effect. President Buhari and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, as well as the erstwhile minister of labour, Ngige, who obviously did not know the limits of his authority, can now go and hide their faces in shame. I told them categorically that only a gross violation of the constitutional guarantee of separation of powers between the Federal and State government can induce governors to accept instructions from Buhari to start implementation with immediate effect.

 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bayelsa chapter, has sought God’s face for all authorities concern to ensure speedy implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage for workers in the country.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ondo State council, has urged lawmakers in the newly inaugurated 9th Assembly in the state to enact bills that would bring  quality representation to their people.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, commending him for Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, new financial regulations on states, local government joint accounts.

SIX days to the swearing-in of a new administration in Oyo State, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in the state has given the state government a 24-hour ultimatum to meet its numerous demands; else members of the union will down tools.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, berated Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, over  alleged moves to proscribe Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, describing the action of the minister as uncivilised, ungentlemanly and undemocratic.

Nothing suggests that the leadership of an organisation cannot make mistakes. Why would anyone expect a leader to be infallible? But what distinguishes nobility from charlatanism; maturity of mind from mediocrity is the ability to retrace one’s steps, the humility to apologise once a mistake has been unambiguously identified. As psychologists will tell you, rather than being a sign of weakness, humility is a sign of strength, that inner power that makes the purveyor stand erect even after eating humble pie.

UNFORTUNATELY, the dust arising from the skirmishes between the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, and one of the nation’s labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the chairmanship of the board of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, appears to have overcast the giant strides the minister has made to reposition his ministry and the agencies under it.

I did not recommend him. I am the minister permitted by law to do that recommendation and I am telling you unequivocally that I did not recommend him, simple

A group, the Coalition of Delta APC Support Groups, on Friday condemned the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress to picket the residence of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. Moreso, as the action lead to violence and threat to human lives. 

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has asked workers to disregard the call by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for a one- day national protest on Monday.

Tyranny is the name that must be applied …to any government in which he who is charged with the execution of the laws may make, destroy, break, interpret, hinder or suspend them with assurance of impunity —Vittorio Alfieri. 1749-1803, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 256

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo state council has warned both the incumbent governor and the governor-elect in the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Engineer Seyi Makinde that any minimum wage less than 30,000 would not be accepted. The union stated this in a release signed by its secretary, Comrade Ibrahim […]

It is now in the public space that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is kicking against the inauguration of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).