NLC Dismiss Nigeria’s Latest Unemployment Report as Unrealistic
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and key private sector groups have criticized the latest unemployment report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), describing its findings as disconnected from the country’s economic realities. The NBS report claims Nigeria’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.3% in Q2 2024, down from 5.3% in Q1 2024, citing improved labor […]
NLC gives FG Dec 1 as Deadline for New Minimum Wage payment
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set a deadline of December 1, 2024, for state governments to implement the new minimum wage of N70,000, warning of an indefinite strike in states that fail to comply. The NLC accused fuel marketers of inflating petrol prices, asserting that the current pump price is well above its true […]
FG Gives 64 100-Capacity CNG Buses To Labour, Student Unions
As part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary and to ease transportation costs, the Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister […]
DSS releases NLC president Joe Ajaero after a clash with Labour unions.
Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has been released by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a brief detention that provoked outcry among labour unions. Ajaero, who was held on Monday, September 9, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while en route to the United Kingdom for a […]
TUC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown over Cybersecurity Levy
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened to shut down Nigeria’s economy if the Federal Government fails to reverse the cybersecurity levy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Reacting to the directive from the CBN to commercial banks and other financial institutions, the congress in a statement today signed by its president, Festus Osifo, […]
NLC to propose sanctions for defaulting governors of new minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress has given strong indication that it would press for the inclusion of a clause, which would prescribe sanctions for governors and local government administrators who failed to implement the new minimum wage. Its National Treasurer, Hakeem Ambali, who disclosed said the refusal of state governors to pay the current minimum wage […]
Rivers Labour Threatens Strike over Hike in Transport Fares
The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it will be left with no other option than to ask its members to sit at home next week if the Federal and State government do not act fast to look into the high transport fares paid by workers in the state occasioned by […]
