The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have given a breakdown of their proposed N615,000 minimum wage. A statement released by the NLC on Friday said Food and Transportation took the more significant proportion of the proposed minimum wage. The breakdown showed that N270,000 (for thirty days) was benchmarked…
Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Sunday night, hinted that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero, while stating this during an interview with Arise News on Sunday evening, said the demand from organised…
The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has disclosed that state governors, who either don’t pay the old minimum wage or pay it in breaches, are among members of the new National Minimum Wage Committee. The Informant247 had earlier reported that Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday, inaugurated the 37-member panel at…
Following a deliberation between the Federal Government and the Labour unions, which lasted for five hours at the Chief of Staff Conference Room of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Organised Labour, on Monday night, announced its indefinite strike planned to start on Tuesday. The Informant247 gathered the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, while…
To avert the looming strike, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for six months after the labour unions rejected N25,000 earlier proposed. Malam Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, who announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said…
As the nationwide strike draws near, the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the union does not have any date for a meeting with the federal government, which may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike scheduled to commence next Tuesday. This is just as the organised labour vowed to…
Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has again appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to paralyse the country’s economy with its proposed indefinite strike, saying he has already resolved one of the most critical demands of the Congress. The appeal was made as the members of the Labour Union across 36…
Following the threat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on indefinite strike action over what it tagged as “anti-poor” policies propagated by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration, the meeting between the labour union and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock with another meeting scheduled for a later date. The Informant247 gathered…
Following the completion of the 2-day warning strike, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday directed civil servants to resume back to their various workplaces The union, in a statement on Wednesday, asked its members across the country to resume work on Thursday. “As we mark the end of the two-day nationwide warning strike today,…
Alhaji Atiku Alkali-led Kebbi state branch of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said it will not partake in the ongoing warning strike. Alkali said all TUC affiliates in the state would remain active following a directive from the national body union to the strike while noting that the mother union of TUC has endorsed dialogue….
Due to the impact of the petrol subsidy removal on the masses, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a two-day warning strike scheduled for Tuesday, September 5. It would be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had declared an end to subsidy during his first hour in office, tripling the price of petrol from…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday, threatened to begin a nationwide strike on August 14 if the Federal Ministry of Justice failed to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the organised labour. Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, while speaking to newsmen in Abuja after the National Executive Council meeting, asked the federal government to withdraw…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently having a meeting with the leadership of the organised labour which comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is coming amid nationwide protest by the labour unions across the country over the hardship occasioned…
Kwara state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and other stakeholders on Wednesday, joined the nationwide protest over the fuel subsidy removal. It was gathered that the who took off from the Labour House at Ilorin staged a peaceful protest through Ahmadu Bello Way and later converged on the Government House. The protesters, armed…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denied President Bola Tinubu’s claim that N1 trillion has been saved since his government ceased payment of fuel subsidy. It could be recalled that the president, in his nationwide broadcast on Monday, claimed that a total of N1 trillion had been saved since subsidy payment was stopped. Meanwhile, the…
Angry protesters in their hundreds on Wednesday, pulled down the first gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja and forced their way into the premises. The Informant247 gathered that the protesters led by the leaders of the organised labour, Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress…
The organised labour, which comprises Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, has commenced their nationwide mass protest against fuel price hike and other policies of the federal government. It could be recalled that the unions hinted at suspending the exercise after meeting with representatives of the Federal Government led by…
Barely 24-hours to nationwide protest by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, the unions have ruled out suspension of mass action against fuel price hike and other policies of the federal government. The NLC president, Joe Ajaero made this known to newsmen on Tuesday night at…
Barely 24-hours to the nationwide strike, the Organised Labour, which comprises Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has said it is reconsidering its decision to embark on the action slated for Wednesday, August 2, 2023, due to the removal of fuel subsidy and the fuel price hike across the country. The strike…
Barely 24-hours to the national protest action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, Kayode Egbetokun, the Acting Inspector General of Police has warned against violent protests that may be occasioned by hoodlums taking advantage, saying the warning was due to the previous ugly experiences of such protests in most major…
