The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, 3 June over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. At a joint news conference with in Abuja on Friday, the labour leaders said that the decision follows the expiration of an earlier …

The organised labour will on Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government. The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Olatunji Ambali and the National Deputy President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim, who confirmed the planned protests to The PUNCH in separate interviews …

The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, on Wednesday, said it was unethical for Nigerians to pay high electricity tariffs. The TUC also urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to reverse the increase in electricity tariff within one week. During the 2024 Workers’ Day in Abuja, Osifo expressed dissatisfaction with the epileptic power situation in …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that it would organise a nationwide protest on 7th May 2024 owing to the ongoing fuel scarcity and electricity crisis. The body of student also lamented the failure of the government to address the challenges affecting the power sector. In a statement on Tuesday by its Senate President, Akinteye Babatunde, NANS …