Press Release THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS ALERTS NIGERIANS ON THE PLANS BY GOVERNOR NYESOM WIKE TO MOBILIZE HIRED THUGS TO BE USED TO UNLEASH FURTHER VIOLENCE ON PROTESTING WORKERS Fellow Nigerians, we have received very credible information that the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike has mobilized two local governments councils […]
INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF BY ABUJA DISCO – A TAUNTING OF THE WILL OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE GONE TOO FAR! A Press Release It appears that the adamant desire of DISCOs in Nigeria to ram through their ill-conceived agenda to further impoverish Nigerians through astronomical tariff increase amidst a plummeting return […]
NLC/NS/B.21/22810th August 2020 HE Chief (Barr) Nyesom WikeGovernor of Rivers StateGovernment HousePort Harcourt – Rivers State Re: Complaint on Recent Anti-Union Posture of the Rivers State Government Culminating in the Sealing of the NLC Rivers State Office by Agents of the Rivers State Government over the New National Minimum Wage Implementation […]
TRIBUTE TO HE SENATOR (DR) CHRIS NWABUEZE NGIGE, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ON HIS 68TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION On behalf of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), I wish to extend our felicitations to the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, HE Senator (Dr.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige on […]
PRESS RELEASE THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS CONDEMNS THE 6% STAMP DUTY ON TENANCY AND LEASE AGREEMENTS IN NIGERIA We read with dismay the new policy by the Federal Government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stipulating a 6% stamp duty fee for every tenancy and lease agreement in Nigeria. This […]
COMMUNIQUE OF A JOINT MEETING OF NLC AFFILIATE UNIONS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND THE NLC EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Way Forward on Re-Opening of Schools Amidst the Prevalence of the Novel Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) Infections in Nigeria On the 24th of June 2020, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) through its […]
2nd July 2020 THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS CONDEMNS AND REJECTS THE INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF PETROL (PREMIUM MOTOR SPIRIT) It was with great shock and consternation that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) received yesterday’s news of increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly called ‘petrol’ from N121 […]
COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT THE NLC CALLS FOR THE RATIFICATION OF ILO CONVENTION 190 ON VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORLD OF WORK A PRESS STATEMENT The United Nations (UN) on June 19, 2015 by the Resolution 69/293 (A/RES/69/293) of the United […]
PRESS RELEASE 2020 WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAYFOOD SAFTEY IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS Nigerian workers join the rest of the world to celebrate the 2020 WorldFood Safety Day (WFSD). This global event, being marked for thesecond consecutive year, is aimed at raising public awareness on theneed to protect our food sources from contamination […]