…Reiterates Commitment to Transparency, Accountability …NUP, NLC, Stakeholders Commend Gov.’s Initiative, Transparency chibuike onyeukwu Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha has directed the state Accountant General, the Head of Service (HOS) and the Commissioner for Finance to complete all necessary formalities for the commencement of the payment of pensions in the state next week. Governor Ihedioha […]

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed and the Head of Service, Dr Folashade Yemi-Essan and the labour leaders on Wednesday met at the Ministry in Abuja to resolve the controversy over the consequential adjustment for senior government workers. 

By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Taraba state chapter has flayed employers of labour in both the public and private sector for being insensitive to the plight of workers under their payroll. The state Chairman of NLC, Peter Gambo who described workers as wealth creators of the society frowned at the casualisation […]

Trade Union is established by law–Ugbaja By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—-THE Organized Labour yesterday denied knowledge of any splitted group in the ranks of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, declaring that there is only one ASUU recognised by law. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba said that there have been […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru DESPITE frosty relationships between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, towards the end of the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Congress on Thursday conferred on the Minister honorary membership of the NLC. The conferment which signifies friendship […]

The Kebbi state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, kicked against the approved N30,000 minimum wage by the State Government. Alhaji Umar Halidu, the state’s Chairman of the union, made this known while briefing journalists in Birnin- Kebbi. Halidu said the rejection of the minimum wage is based on the outcome of […]

The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has applauded Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s administration, for growing the civil service structure and improving workers’ welfare. According to the state chairman of NLC, Mr Yusuf Sarki-Iya, ” the union wants the governor to do more for the workers in the state”. Sarki-Iya made the appeal […]

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to  make history and sign or submit instrument of ratification of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, on September 26, 2019, in New York.

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to make history and sign or submit the instrument of ratification of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, on September 26, 2019, in New York.

Increases car, housing loans for workers ‘Why I am concerned about workers welfare’ Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, revealed that the wage bill of workers in the state increased by N1 billion, shortly after the governorship election of March 9, 2019. The Governor, who made the disclosure during an interactive session with […]