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 […]
NIGERIAN WORKERS MOURN THE DEATH OF RICHARD TRUMKA, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS (AFL-CIO) It was with shock and heavy hearts that we received the news of the demise of Richard Trumka, the President of the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) […]
Press Release CONGRESS COMMENDS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR PASSING THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL – DEMANDS THAT THE NNPC BE TRANSFORMED INTO A PUBLIC LIABILITY COMPANYThe Nigeria Labour Congress received with relief the news of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the two chambers of the National Assembly. The […]
Press Release It has been tales of sorrows, tears and blood from Kaduna State especially as occasioned by increasing waves of kidnapping, banditry, general insecurity, mass sack of workers and killing of students peacefully protesting the hike in school fees at Gidan Waya, Kaduna State. This situation is being encouraged by […]
MY DEAR PEOPLE OF KADUNA STATE-A Rejoinder The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday, May 21, 2021 addressed the people of the state on the dispute between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the state government. Ordinarily we would not have responded to this address which is laced with […]
A PRESS RELEASE It was with huge shock that we read the statement credited to theMinister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who said that the FederalGovernment was working to reduce the high cost of governance bycutting down on the salaries of Nigerian workers. The Minister wasreported to have said this in […]
Communique of the National Administrative Council of the Congress, 14/04/2021 A meeting of the National Administrative Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress held today, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The meeting received and discussed reports of Congress activities and Committees, the retrenchment of workers and conversion of workers to casuals by the […]