Tag: NLC

FG to Spend just N8bn on Sensitizing Nigerians on Electricity Bill Payments – Adebayo Adelabu

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu on Wednesday denied requesting for ₦8 billion solely for sensitization on electricity bills payment. His media aide, Mr. Bolaji Tunji made this known while…

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Prepare for nationwide boycott,’ NLC tells telecom subscribers over tariff hike

The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide boycott of telecommunication services in response to the Federal Government’s recent approval of a 50 per cent…

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NLC Calls for Urgent Reversal of Fuel Price Increase Amid Public Outcry

The Nigeria Labour Congress has decried the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol nationwide. The union also demanded an immediate reversal of the…

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DSS releases NLC President Joe Ajaero

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the detained president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was released on bail about after 11:00 pm, on…

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Police invitation mere distraction to labour struggles – Joe Ajaero

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after responding to police summons. Ajaero reported to the Force Headquarters in Abuja on…

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Nigerian Senate Passes N70,000 Minimum Wage Into Law

The 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill was passed into law by the Senate on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, during plenary. As per Senate Rule 80, the bill that…

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LABOUR LEADERS PRAISE PRESIDENT TINUBU OVER APPROVAL OF N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja increased the federal government’s offer on the national minimum wage from N62,000 to N70,000, with an assurance that it will be reviewed after…

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New minimum wage: NLC, TUC in crucial meeting with President Tinubu

Leaders of the organised labour have arrived the Presidential Villa for a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC)…

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Labour, Tripartite C’ttee chair trade words over minimum wage

The Chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, Bukar Goni Aji, has urged Labour to reconsider its demand for a higher minimum wage, citing prevailing economic conditions.  …

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I lost money because of NLC strike, says Falz

Rapper, Folarin Falana, aka Falz, has revealed how the strike by the Organised Labour made him lose the money he spent organizing a video shoot due to his inability to…

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