The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage, saying it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage for workers. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH in Yola, …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero said most governors of the 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage are not complying with the proposed base pay structure. Ajaero stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. Earlier, Vice President Kashim Shettima had inaugurated the committee in Abuja on Tuesday, saying the decision was …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has condemned the assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero last week in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The party also expressed concern over the nomination of some Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement at the weekend by its National Publicity …

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the brutality meted out to the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, during a protest in Imo State on Wednesday was an abuse of his fundamental rights. NHRC Executive Secretary, Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, condemned the brutality against Ajaero, and called for an investigation into the incident with a view …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is considering flying its national president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, abroad for medical treatment following the injuries he sustained from being brutalized by thugs in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday. Ajaero was reportedly beaten and blindfolded before he was arrested by police officers at the Imo council secretariat of the NLC in Owerri where he had …

Medical experts at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Owerri (FUTHO), the Imo State capital, are reportedly battling to save the eyes of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was said to have been arrested by men of the state Police Command while leading a protest in the state on Wednesday. But the command said …