The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC,) has threatened a nationwide mass action over the deepening cost-of-living crisis, escalating insecurity, and coordinated attacks on workers’ rights. It warned that Nigerian workers would no longer sit idly by while the nation’s economy and democracy crumble. Rising from its Central Working Committee meeting held over the weekend at the 12 June Cultural Centre in …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared its opposition to any move by the National Assembly to transfer labour issues, including the matter of the minimum wage, from the exclusive legislative list of the Federal Government to the concurrent list. Such a change would empower individual states to set their workers’ wages. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, issued this warning on …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday demanded the upward review of retirement age for all categories of civil servants. The National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this demand during the ongoing May Day celebration in Eagle Square, Abuja. While presenting some of the demands of the NLC, Ajaero said, ‘It is imperative to extend the revised retirement …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cancelled centralised May Day celebrations in Rivers and Edo states, citing the imposition of emergency rule in Rivers and alleged political interference in the affairs of its Edo State council. The national leadership of the NLC has directed all affiliated industrial unions in Rivers State to organise and limit Workers’ Day celebrations to the …

A few days ago, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), received a two-man delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), comprising the IMF Resident Representative for Nigeria, Christian H. Ebeke, and, Axel Schimmelpfennig from Washington, D.C. The purpose of the visit was to assess how Nigerian workers and the general populace are being affected by the current socioeconomic …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the Federal Government over the delay in the payment of the minimum wage for certain workers in the federal civil service. The Federal Government had earlier blamed the delay in payment on the prolonged approval of the 2025 budget. Civil servants who spoke to Sunday PUNCH in Abuja expressed frustration over the delay …

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday, wrote union leaders to begin the process of mobilising their members in readiness to invade and take over the 36 offices and national secretariat of the Labour Party (LP) in Abuja. Ajaero gave the directive in an internal memo made available to newsmen in Abuja. The NLC president’s …

The Labour Party on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee against any attempt to forcibly take over its national secretariat. Raising the alarm in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk Ibrahim alleged that NLC plans to break into their offices to cart away sensitive documents and …

The battle for the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) took a fresh twist on Friday after the Supreme Court set aside an earlier ruling recognising the Anambra State convention which ratified the re-election of the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC). In a unanimous judgement, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Court …

Local government workers in Osun State have ruled out an immediate return to work, insisting that only directives from the Nigeria Labour Congress and the National Union of Local Government Employees can determine their resumption. The workers were instructed to stay away from their offices on February 16 by the leadership of NULGE and the NLC due to insecurity concerns …