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September 28, 2020 No Responses

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 reached includes reversal of the new electricity tariff for...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

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...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

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,...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

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...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

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...

June 17, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 15, 2020 No Responses

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...

January 2, 2020 No Responses

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...

October 10, 2019 No Responses

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...

September 18, 2019 No Responses

Strike Looms In Nigeria Over Minimum Wage

Organised Labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on Tuesday threatened to embark on strike nationwide over the non- implementation of the minimum wage. The union explained...

July 2, 2019 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Labour Begins Mobilisation Of Members

Worried by alleged government’s efforts to derail the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage, organized labour has commenced mobilization of its members nationwide to prepare them for “the next line of action”. Operating under the aegis of the Tra...

May 10, 2019 No Responses

ILO: $150B Generated Annually Through Forced Labour

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says that about 150 billion dollars is being generated illegally every year through forced labour. Mr Dennis Zulu, ILO Country Director to Nigeria said this during the National Consultation and Launch Workshop for Al...

May 2, 2019 No Responses

Labour Cautions Nigerian Govt On Debt Profile, Borrowing

Organised labour in Nigeria has again cautioned the Federal Government on the nation’s rising debt profile, “resulting from government’s unsaturated appetite for borrowing and foreign loans.’’ The President of the United Labour Congress (ULC), ...

January 29, 2019 No Responses

NLC Insists On N30,000 Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday in Abuja pleaded for N30,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers in a public hearing on the bill. The NLC had rejected the N27, 000 proposed by the government as the new minimum...