Tag: NLC
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Minimum Wage: Tinubu to meet with organised labour Thursday to iron out differences
President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday meet with organised labour in Abuja iron out their differences on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. A source privy to this development revealed that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting expected to be…
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Ex-NLC president kidnapped in Kaduna
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now
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NLC reacts over recent hike in electricity tariff
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned another hike in electricity tariff instead of a reversal as promised by the Federal Government.
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NLC condemns another hike in electricity tariff
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned another hike in electricity tariff instead of a reversal as promised by the Federal Government. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this on Thursday in Abuja in a statement titled, “Stop killing
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FG priced minimum wage like tomatoes before arriving at N62,000 – Labour
A member of the organized labour negotiation team in the Tripartite Committee for the New National Minimum Wage, Prince Adewale Adeyanju has criticized state governors for obstructing efforts to secure a reasonable wage for government employees Adeyanju who is also the president-general of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) described the
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Why governors flout minimum wage law – NLC
Chris Onyeka, Assistant General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says many state Governors are flouting minimum wage Act because they do not believe in sanctity of the law. Onyeka gave the position in Abuja on Monday in an interview with NAN on minimum wage law and its implementation.
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NLC kicks against decentralisation of minimum wage negotiations
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the call by some politicians for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. Secretary of NLC in Oyo State, Mr Adebayo Aribatise, in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Ibadan, said that decentralising minimum wage negotiations would put workers in some states at a disadvantage.
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Minimum wage: Why labour should consider FG’s offer – Tripartite committee
The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has given reasons why the organised labour should have a rethink on the amount it is demanding as minimum wage. Alhaji Goni Aji, the chairman of the committee said this in Abuja on Sunday.
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Tinubu should have given us Democracy Day gift – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said President Bola Tinubu should have used the opportunity of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration to harmonize the two minimum wage figures submitted to him and announced a new minimum wage in favour of workers in the country.
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NLC responds to Tinubu’s claim on agreed minimum wage
The organised Labour has reacted to claims by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wage in his nationwide broadcast to mark Democracy Day. In his national broadcast to mark the 2024 Democracy Day in Abuja on Wednesday, Tinubu