Press Release – Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)

THE RECENT UBA FIRE OUTBREAK AND OTHER FIRE DISASTERS IN LAGOS ISLAND AND THE FAILURE OF THE STATE TO PROTECT LIVES — NLC

PRESS RELEASE18TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 THE RECENT UBA FIRE OUTBREAK AND OTHER FIRE DISASTERS IN LAGOS ISLAND AND THE FAILURE OF THE STATE TO PROTECT LIVESThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) mourns with heavy hearts the needless loss of lives in the tragic fire outbreak that engulfed the United Bank for Africa […]

SENATE’S PERSECUTION OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN IS A DESCENT INTO LEGISLATIVE DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC ANARCHY — NLC

PRESS RELEASE10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 SENATE’S PERSECUTION OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN IS A DESCENT INTO LEGISLATIVE DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC ANARCHY The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) rises in vehement condemnation of the Godswill Akpabio-led Senate’s decision to continue barring Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from performing her sacred constitutional duties. This act is not […]

GOVERNMENT IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT FIXING THE POWER SECTOR: IT HAS BECOME A SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR PERPETUAL DARKNESS — NLC

PRESS RELEASE10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 GOVERNMENT IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT FIXING THE POWER SECTOR: IT HAS BECOME A SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR PERPETUAL DARKNESS The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) observes with utter disgust, yet a complete lack of surprise, the total collapse of the national electricity grid today. This recurrent catastrophe is […]

WE REMAIN UNBROKEN — NLC

Press ReleaseSeptember 9, 2025 WE REMAIN UNBROKEN One year after the arrest and detention of our President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, we find it appropriate to let his tormentors know that he remains unbroken. September 9, 2024, remains a day etched in infamy in the annals of our movement and our democratic […]

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH NUPENG AGAINST DANGOTE GROUP’S ANTI-UNION, ANTI-WORKER AGENDA AND MONOPOLISTIC CAPITALIST STRATEGY

PRESS RELEASE6TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH NUPENG AGAINST DANGOTE GROUP’S ANTI-UNION, ANTI-WORKER AGENDA AND MONOPOLISTIC CAPITALIST STRATEGY We state without equivocation that the revelations contained in NUPENG’s statement represent not just an attack on petroleum workers, but a full-blown declaration of war against the Nigerian working class, […]

PENCOM DG PAYS COURTESY TO NLC

Press Statement PENCOM DG PAYS COURTESY TO NLC(31/08/2025) The Director General (DG) of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Omolola Oloworaran paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero at his Pascal Bafyau Labour House office, Abuja in company of some of her management […]

RMAFC: RETREAT YOUR STEPS — NLC

Press Statement24/08/2025 RMAFC: RETREAT YOUR STEPS We are outraged by the decision of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to embark on a comprehensive upward review of the remuneration packages of political office holders across the country. The move is insensitive, unjust, inequitable and will only succeed in deepening […]

NIGERIAN WORKERS HAVE UNFETTERED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTISAN POLITICS -NLC

NIGERIAN WORKERS HAVE UNFETTERED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTISAN POLITICS A Press Statement The attention of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been drawn to a statement by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, that civil servants are banned from […]

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE (CWC) OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON WEDNESDAY 13TH AUGUST, 2025.