Nigeria’s organized labour yesterday suspended its planned industrial action earlier slated for today, (Tuesday) just as a new national minimum wage was pegged at ₦30,000 by the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government. Correspondent learned that the labour unions had extracted a firm commitment from the government to pay the ₦30, 000 it […]
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The ₦500 billion palliative package offered by the Federal Government to cushion the effects of the last increase in the pump price of fuel may be ‘missing’, some years after its pronouncement by the Presidency, the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associate Institutions has alleged. The organisation, an affiliate of […]
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Members of the organised labour have threatened to picket the 350 firms and individuals that allegedly owe the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria about N4.3tn. The threat comes two weeks after the Managing Director of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, said only 350 Nigerians were responsible for more than 80 per cent of the N5.4tn debt portfolio […]
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A new national minimum wage will be announced before the end of the year, if the word of the Minister Labour & Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, is anything to go by. The 30-member tripartite committee chaired by former Head of Service of the Federation Ms. Amal Pepple is billed to conclude its assignment by the […]
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Workers in Kogi have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue them from their current hardship resulting from non-payment of their salaries, by sending them food, drugs and other materials. The workers made the appeal on Wednesday in Lokoja in a statement jointly issued by the state chapters of the NLC, TUC and the Joint […]
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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the constitution of a National Minimum Wage Committee to kick start the process of deliberations for a new wage for Nigerian workers. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting presided over by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, the Minister of Labour and […]
Read More 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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Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said former President Goodluck Jonathan could be invited to explain how the controversial $2.1 billion arms money was spent. The position of the Congress is hinged on the recent statement credited to the ex-president that former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki could not have misappropriated the money. Jonathan expressed […]
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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 (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 […]
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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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