Minimum wage: Strike continues pending Tuesday review meeting -NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLc) has said that the ongoing nationwide strike would continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday’s meeting. In a post on X, on Tuesday, NLC said the industrial action, which has grounded the nation’s economy, would continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed conviction that the Labour Party (LP) presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, won’t back Julius Abure to remain in office as party national chairman. The Deputy President of the NLC Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, disclosed this in an interview with Saturday PUNCH. Ndubuaku also refuted the claim that the union had resolved its …

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha has appealed to organised labour to be considerate and patriotic in their demands in the ongoing negotiation for a new national minimum wage. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Olajide Oshundun, the minister said that the Federal Government …

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 organised labour in Kogi State has demanded the immediate implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in the state. Addressing the May Day rally on Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Gabriel Amari, said the current N30,000 national minimum wage fell short of meeting workers’ basic needs in view of the current …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, has said he has no plan to leave the party ahead of the 2027 general election. Obi said he was committed to resolving the internal crisis rocking the Labour Party, stressing that he was a man of peace. Obi spoke in Gombe State on Sunday shortly after inaugurating a …

Stakeholders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will on Monday meet to decide on the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP), and the return of Barrister Julius Abure as National Chairman. Among other things, a caretaker committee is being proposed by the unionists to take over the control of the opposition party, according to PUNCH Online. “Invitations have been …

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to rest until it unseat Julius Abure as national chairman of the Labour Party. The NLC spokesman, Benson Upah, said that despite the ‘illegal’ national convention that returned Abure to office, the union would never confer legitimacy or give recognition to his leadership. He said, “Our position on this …

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 Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on the government to approve a new minimum wage that is commensurate with the cost of living in the country. While insisting on a living wage for workers in the country, the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in his speech at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union …