The country is losing billions of naira in revenue annually as a result of the various tax and double taxation treaties it signed with advanced nations, multinational corporations and high net worth individuals, ActionAid Nigeria and labour unions have said. To put an end to this, the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria […]
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Chinese technology firm, Huawei, has denied allegations by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that it plans to outcource the Network Operating Centres (NOCs) it runs on behalf of the carriers in the country. `NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, had during the unveiling of the union’s struggles for this year, accused Huawei of planning to shut […]
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The United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC), which split from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday vowed to push for N96, 000 minimum wage for all workers. The union said it would engage the government at various levels to generate appropriate policies and programmes that would cushion workers’ suffering and hardship. ULC, in a […]
Read More The Country Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government to recover a $22bn, which the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative claimed was not remitted by multinational organisations to the federation account. The President of the congress, Wabba Ayuba, while speaking at the National Executive Council meeting of the congress on Friday, urged the government […]
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The group Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Nigeria Federal Government against any possible hike in the pump price of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol. According to report, the warning is coming as the retail stations of the Nigerian Petroleum Corporations in the Federal Capital Territory and its environs have increased […]
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Thursday challenged leaders of organised labour in the country not to play politics with the destiny of the nation, but to engage in constructive engagement anchored on deeper appreciation of the challenges facing the nation. Speaking at the 10th Triennial Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress led by Mr. Ayuba Wabba and the Federal Government will resume the suspended talks on the N145 fuel pump price on Wednesday. Punchng report The Director in charge of Press at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Samuel Olowookere, said in a statement on Tuesday that the meeting would hold […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended the nationwide strike called to protest the increase in the price of petrol. The Labour centre described the action as a huge success. In a communiqué at the end of a two-hour meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC), the congress said it was ready to return to the […]
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National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday stepped into the face-off between the Federal Government and the Ayuba Wabba-led Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the new petrol price, calling for an immediate truce. According to The Nation, Tinubu, at a meeting with the NLC leadership in Abuja, offered to accompany […]
Read More Unions in the aviation industry Wednesday joined factional wing of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), acting under the aegis of Joint Action Front to disrupt vehicular and passenger activities around the Lagos Airport as part of protest against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. The unions are the National Union of […]
Read More Labour suffered yesterday a major setback in its plan to force a reversal of petrol price from N145 per litre to N86.50k. The National Industrial Court (NIC) ordered that it should not go on strike. The Trade Union Congress pulled out of the plan and a faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), led by […]
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The National Industrial Court (NIC) has restrained the organised labour from proceeding with its planned strike over the increase in fuel price. NIC President, Justice Babatude Adejumo in an ex-parte ruling Tuesday also directed the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to maintain the status quo pending the determination of the motion […]
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