NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESSPRESS RELEASE2ND OF MAY, 2024 2024 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NEGOTIATION: HOW WE ARRIVED AT N615,000 It has become imperative at this point that we inform Nigerians who may not have known already the foundations upon which our initial demand for a N615,000 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira) new […]
Press Statement(18/03/2023) ARREST THIS DRIFT NOW We join our affiliate unions, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational (NASU) and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) in demanding for the immediate payment of the withheld salaries of their members. There has been no credible reason or explanation for […]
Press Statement13/03/2024 Newly Elected Members of the National Executive of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria At the 11th quadrennial national delegates conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria held from the 4th to the 9th of March 2024 at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, the following […]
Press Statement(11/03/ 23) WE COMMEND THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT IN THE NURTW MATTER We at the Nigeria Labour Congress would like to commend the courage of the National Industrial Court for affirming the executive of Comrade Baruwa as the lawful leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers. The judgment […]
The recent statements attributed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the commissioning of the Red-Line Railway Project have sparked deep concern within the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). We find these remarks, particularly those concerning the role of Labour in governance, to be profoundly at variance with the struggles faced by ordinary […]
TINUBU’S ECONOMIC REFORMS IN NIGERIA: ASSESSING GAINERS AND LOSERS: PAPER PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC); COMRADE JOE AJAERO AT THE 21ST DAILY TRUST DIALOGUE HELD ON THE 25TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2024 IN ABUJA. Introduction:Reforms of any kind comes with the acceptance that the existing order […]
Press Statement We Have Lost a National Hero (27/12/23) We are saddened by the passing away of Ghali Na’aba, former Honourable Speaker, House of Representatives. Ghali Na’aba will be remembered for his principled stance on national issues, asserting the independence of the Legislature, building of strong institutions ànd championing the cause […]