Tag: NLC

Reps Demand Reversal Of Telecom Tariff Hike As New Fees Begin

Ganiyu Amodu

Following a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Oboku Oforji, the House of Representatives on Tuesday called for the immediate suspension of the 50% hike in telecoms tariff. The House also decried the poor service delivery from telecom operators and insisted that an increase in tariff should not happen until service improves. The lawmakers ordered the NCC and the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, to suspend the tariff increase because of the economic hardship in the country. This was as telecommunications operators in the…

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Labour, Oil Workers on Fact-Finding Mission Affirm PH Refinery Operational Status

Efe Wellington

‘Like a pack of cards,’ after visit, NLC, NUPENG speak on the earlier rumours that the refinery was not operating A recent fact-finding visit by labour leaders has dispelled the uncertainties surrounding the operational status of the newly revived old Port Harcourt Refinery, with a capacity of 60,000 barrels per day. The unions have confirmed that the refinery is running efficiently and have called on the Federal Government to ensure the facility remains operational and does not fall into disuse again. If there was any significant take-away from the facility…

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NLC President, Ajaero Released

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. Following an extended period of detention, spanning several hours, in the federal capital city of Abuja, Ajaero has finally been released by the secret police. As the country’s apex labour union leader, Mr. Ajaero’s detention had sparked widespread concern and intense speculation regarding the circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention. On Monday morning, Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Meanwhile, the NLC accused…

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BREAKING: DSS Arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero

ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Department of the State Services have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. According to PUNCH, he was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment. READ ALSO NiMet Forecasts 3-Day Thunderstorms, Rains From Monday How Tinubu’s VAT, Fuel Price Hike Will Worsen Cost of Living Crisis – Atiku Man Rapes, Inserts Scissors Into 8 Year-Old Girl’s Private Part The NLC president was billed to attend the Trade Union Congress…

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Tinubu, Labour Agree On N70k Minimum Wage

Ganiyu Amodu

The federal government and the organised labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed on a N70,000 national minimum wage. The figure was arrived at during a meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leaders of NLC and TUC in his office at the State House in Abuja Thursday. Details later…

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N615k To N48k: Govt Slashes Mimimum Wage Proposal, NLC, TUC Kick

Abibat Babalola

The labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have walked out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the government and the Organised Private Sector. Angered by the N48,000 proposal by the Federal Government as the national minimum wage, the labour unions described the offer as ridiculous. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, explained that the government is not serious about negotiating with the Labour on the new minimum wage. READ ALSO: Bill Gates ex-wife Melinda Quits Gates Foundation, To Get $12.5bn France Deploys Troops, Bans TikTok…

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BREAKING: Labour Demands N794,000 Minimum Wage For Workers In S’West

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone. The labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos State chapter of the NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the demand during her presentation at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday. READ ALSO Nigerian Lawyer Working As Caregiver In UK Slumps, Dies Garri Price Surges By 105% In Nigeria What To know About Executive Order…

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BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspend Strike

Ganiyu Amodu

The Joint National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have suspended the ongoing strike over the battering of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, among other pending issues. The strike was suspended following the intervention of the Federal Government through the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA. However, discussions on the labour demands would continue.

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Labour Orders Indefinite Shutdown Of Power Supply, Flights

Ganiyu Amodu

“All Public and Private Sector workers are to immediately down tools indefinitely.”   The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, last week, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The Labour Centres also directed aviation workers to ensure that flights into and outside the state are suspended. This is according to one of the decisions taken at the extraordinary National…

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‘We’re Not Doing Again,’ NLC, TUC Suspend Nationwide Strike

Aliyu Aliyu

It ends before it starts, what Adewale Adeyanju, deputy president of NLC, said on the strike scheduled to begin on October 3, but was called off on October 2   The National Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have agreed to suspend the strike to allow for implementation of their demands. Confirming the development, Adewale Adeyanju, deputy president of NLC, directed all members of the Maritime sector to resume work on Tuesday, 3rd September, 2023. READ ALSO: Chicago State University Releases Tinubu’s Academic Records Diezani’s Prosecution Over £100,000 ‘Bribery’…

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