The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday said they were not involved in the alleged arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero in Imo.

One person is feared dead as security agents whisked away the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero at the ongoing protest in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has slammed the Organised Private Sector, OPS, over its opposition to a nationwide strike on the grounds that the economy cannot withstand country-wide industrial action now.

The Federal Government has again invited the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to a meeting today, following threats by the labour movement to embark on strike in protest against removal of fuel subsidy.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) warning strike has partially paralysed human and commercial activities within Enugu metropolis, leading to Nigerians not able to meet their daily routine.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is saddled with three mandates. The first is the classical or labour mandate – fighting for the interests of the working class. The second is the social mandate – protecting the interests of the masses in an environment where the ruling elite have increasingly become more selfish, corrupt and incompetent than ever.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun  to direct policemen to immediately vacate the occupation of the National Secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Abuja, within 48 hours.

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has thrown its weight behind the nationwide protest embarked on by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) saying it has mobilised at least 2 million persons in the region to join the demonstration.

President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has urged workers and Nigerians to discountenance some online reports that tomorrow’s mass protest has been called off.

President Bola Tinubu says the federal government is currently working with the Labour unions on a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. 

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has reacted to the new fuel pump price in the country. 

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the proposed N8,000 monthly cash palliative of N8,000 for 12 million Nigerian families in the space of six months, saying it was a ploy in robbing the poor to pay the rich.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have faulted President Bola Tinubu’s plan of giving cash palliatives of N8,000 to 12 million families.

Any trade union that therefore refuses to organise has decided to fail and ultimately die. We organise to build power. It is with organising that trade unions build both our solidarities – the organic solidarity and the wide and inclusive solidarity.”

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to embark on a strike ahead of the Federal Government and the organised labour billed to hold today (Monday).