9th January 2022 THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS CONDEMNS THE RECENT MASSACRE IN ZAMFARA STATE Press Release Between Tuesday, 4th January 2022 and Thursday, 6th January 2022, armed terrorists invaded a host of villages including Rafin Danya, Barayar Zaki, Rafin Gero, and Kurfa villages all in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas […]
Press Release On the 31st of December 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Finance Act 2022. Some of the provisions of the Finance Act include the imposition of excise duties on locally produced non-alcoholic, carbonated, and sugary drinks. The reason offered by government for this decision was to discourage […]
EXPOSING AND DEBUNKING A PATTERN OF MALICIOUS SLANDER AND LIBELLOUS PUBLICATIONS AGAINST THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS – PRESS RELEASE Once again, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress wishes to extend to Nigerians season’s compliments and fraternal greetings.Our attention has been drawn to a publication captioned “NLC Staff […]
A Communique Preamble The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held its regular meeting on Friday, 17th December 2021. The meeting was anchored from the Oyerinde Olaitan Auditorium, Labour House, NLC National Headquarters, Abuja. The NEC comprises all Presidents, General Secretaries and Treasurers of NLC’s affiliate unions; […]
TIME TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA A Press Release On the 9th of November 2021, the House of Representatives and the Senate – the two federal legislative chambers passed into law the amendments to the Electoral Act. The most topical items of amendment included the adoption of direct primaries for internal […]
A Press Release A few hours ago, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari announced that the price of petrol could jump as high as N320 and N340 from February 2022. The NNPC GMD/CEO said that the price increase would […]
Industrializing Africa: Renewed commitment towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Economic Diversification. A Press Statement by the President of NLC and ITUC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, mni on the 2021 Commemoration of Africa’s Industrialization Day ProtocolThe Nigeria Labour Congress celebrates the 2021 Africa’s Industrialization Day. Commemoration of Africa’s Industrialization Day is […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some of the biggest strains, stress and squeeze to the workplace. Thousands of workers died. Many of the dead from the global workforce were frontline workers. As at the third week of October 2021, more than 180,000 health workers world over had lost their lives to […]
12th October 2021 NLC/NS/B.7/319 HE Senator (Prof) Ben Ayade Governor of Cross River State Governor’s Office Calabar RE: NOTICE OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION We bring you fraternal greetings from the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The Cross River State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress drew our attention to a […]
