Tag: Trade Union Congress (TUC)

NERC Under Fire As Labour, Chambers of Commerce, Consumers Reject Electricity Tariff Cut

Abibat Babalola

▪️Why NERC order on Band disparity for customers is divisive, exploitative, Nigerians demand return to status quo, total reversal of initial tariff review         The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), electricity consumers and civil society organisations have picked holes in the recent order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), which led to stratification of electricity consumers into different bands, describing the NERC’s action as divisive and exploitative. Reacting separately to the latest…

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Mind Your Business – NURTW Warns NLC

Abibat Babalola

National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero to stop meddling in its internal affairs. Platforms Africa reported that Kayode Agbeyangi, Acting General Secretary of the union made the call in his address at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Agbeyangi alleged that the recent outbreak of violence at the National Secretariat of the union was due to the interference of the NLC for selfish reasons. READ ALSO: Man Found Innocent After Spending 28 Years In Prison…

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End Four-Month Strike, Labour Appeals to ASUU

Abibat Babalola

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to the striking University lecturers to shift ground in their demands by making some concessions so that students can return to school. Mr Monday Ogbodum, Cross River chapter Chairman of the TUC, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Tuesday. Ogbodum said the Academy Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had “clearly” made their points known to the world with the prolonged strike and advised government not to always allow issues to degenerate to strike…

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