THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday rejected the new increase of Petroleum pump price to N151 per litre.

A Labour Leader and Activist, Mr Issa Aremu, has called for partnership between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) toward recovery of the country’s economy after COVID-19. Aremu, also the Vice President, Industrial Global Union, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday […]

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has berated Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over last week’s sack of 175 members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and endorsed the seven-day strike notice by NUPENG over the matter.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Yiaga Africa have called on the National Assembly to accelerate the passage of the Electoral Reform Amendment Bill. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President made the call at a Roundtable meeting on Electoral Reform in collaboration with Yiaga Africa on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Wabba, having participated in elections […]

  …Says Nigeria should not be reduced to a land of blood, tears, misery By Victor Ahiuma-Young Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, berated the military hierarchy over its responses to criticism and calls on the Federal Government to rejig the nation’s security architecture to arrest the growing and alarming insecurity across the country. NLC […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, has said that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges in Nigeria’s education and health sectors. Speaking to journalists at an investiture/award ceremony organised by the Ethics Resource Center, on Wednesday, the NLC leader, Comrade Wabba, said that […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has issued a one-week ultimatum to Bauchi State Government to address the anomalies that left no fewer than 10,000 workers without salary. It said that if the government failed to address the issue within the period, the union will not be able to guarantee industrial harmony in the state. This […]

A long time ago Governor Abubakar Sani Bello established a reputation for paying salaries promptly. Salaries were paid as early as 24th of the month to the praise of many. It was to dismiss this fit as minor that his critics like to argue that, “paying salaries is not an achievement.”

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Ekiti State organised labour has given 14-day strike notice to Governor Kayode Fayemi to pay all outstanding benefits to workers or face indefinite industrial action. A letter dated July 16 and addressed to Fayemi said the ultimatum commences from Monday, July 20, and lapses on August 3, within which the governor […]

FIVE years after the crisis and disunity that hit the Nigeria labour movement, peace  yesterday returned to the movement as leaders and affiliates of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, rejoined the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, ending the rift that had weakened organized labour’s capacity to mobilise for mass actions against perceived anti-labour and anti-people policies of government.