NLC Urges C/River Govt To Implement Promotion, Minimum Wage

NLC Urges C/River Govt To Implement Promotion, Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State on Sunday called on Gov. Ben Ayade to implement workers’ promotion from 2016 till date.   Chairman of NLC in the state, Mr Ben Ukpepi, made the call in Calabar during...
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May Day: NLC Seeks Security, Good Governance, Peace 

May Day: NLC Seeks Security, Good Governance, Peace 

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for peace, stability, security and good governance as workers mark this year’s International Workers Day on May 1.  The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told Journalists on Saturday in Abuja, that peace, stabil...
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Nigeria Tasks ILO On Poverty, Social Disruptions In Africa

Nigeria Tasks ILO On Poverty, Social Disruptions In Africa

Nigeria has called for radical changes in the development programmes of the International Labour Organisation ((ILO) to enable it tackle the rising poverty and social disruptions in Africa.  Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said t...
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Nigeria@61: NLC Implores Nigerians On March To Greatness

Nigeria@61: NLC Implores Nigerians On March To Greatness

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called on Nigerians to resume their match to greatness as the country marks its 61 years of Independence.  In a statement on Thursday, NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said:”On this commemoration of another independenc...
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Labour Rejects Plans By FG To Slash Salaries

Labour Rejects Plans By FG To Slash Salaries

The Organised Labour (NLC) has condemned and rejected the plan by the Federal Government to slash the salaries of workers in the country.The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Waba, who said this in a statement on Wednesday...
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Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike

Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike

Following agreement reached with the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC)  and Trade Union Congress, TUC have suspended  planned nationwide strike earlier scheduled to commence on Monday.   Part of the agreement ...
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NLC Condemns 6% Stamp Duty On Tenancy, Lease Agreements

NLC Condemns 6% Stamp Duty On Tenancy, Lease Agreements

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday condemned six per cent stamp duty fee introduced by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for every tenancy and lease agreement in Nigeria.   NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on...
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NLC Seeks Downward Review Of Petroleum Pump Price

NLC Seeks Downward Review Of Petroleum Pump Price

The  President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC),  Mr Ayuba Waba,  has called for the downward  review of the current price of petroleum products in Nigeria. Waba made the call on Tuesday while responding to  questions from Journalists in Jalingo,...
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Labour Commends FIRS Over Increase In Revenue Generation

Labour Commends FIRS Over Increase In Revenue Generation

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has commended the management team of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for considerably boosting Federal Government revenue via stamp duty collection just as it...
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NUPENG Pickets Variant Energy Over Alleged Anti-Labour Practices

NUPENG Pickets Variant Energy Over Alleged Anti-Labour Practices

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Thursday picketed the Victoria Island, Lagos office of Variant Energy Services over anti labour practices. NUPENG Lagos Zonal Chairman, Tayo Aboyeji, explained that the patience and understandi...
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Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Covid-19 Threatens 55 Million Domestic Jobs

Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and income due to lockdown and lack of effective social security coverage, a  new estimates by the...
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Labour Faults Increase In VAT

Labour Faults Increase In VAT

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has described increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5.0 per cent to 7.5 per cent by the Federal Government “as a deliberate attempt to further overburden the common man and stifle...
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Labour Lauds Ganduje On Payment of N30,600 Minimum Wage

Labour Lauds Ganduje On Payment of N30,600 Minimum Wage

The Joint Public Service Negotiation Council (JNC), Kano State council, has commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje for implementing the new minimum wage of N30,600, an amount higher than the nationally-approved wage. This is contained in a statement issued by the Pu...
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Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries

Labour Condemns Tenure Extension For Seven Permanent Secretaries

Organized Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has condemned the extension of tenure granted seven Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.In a Statement issued in Lagos on Thursday,  ASCSN Secretary...
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