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Labour insists on production cost pricing template for PMS

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2021 0

By Ukpono Ukpong Organised Labour has said that the current Import Pricing method used by the Federal Government to fix the price of petroleum products is not sustainable. Therefore, there is the need to work out modalities to adopt Production Cost Pricing method, it said. Addresing journalists

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Strike, protests loom as Labour walks out of FG meeting over fuel, electricity

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2020 0

Organized Labour under the auspices of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday walked out of a meeting with Federal Government on the increment of the petroleum pump price and hike in electricity tariff. They accused the government team of lack of sincerity of purpose. Addressing Journalists after the walk out, the […]

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Labour, FG hold decisive talks over petrol, electricity tariffs hikes

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to meet with the organised workers unions to avert possible industrial crises due to increments in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and electricity tariff. The minister made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of a closed-door meeting with […]

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Labour rejects 75 % salary for Nasarawa LG workers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

Organized labour in Nasarawa state on Wednesday rejected plans by local government chairmen in the state to pay 75 per cent salary to their workers. Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Comrade Yusuf Iyah, made this position known at a press briefing at the Labour House in Lafia. Iyah, said there was […]

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Labour to begin strike over minimum wage in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2020 0

Organised labour in Kebbi state has directed workers to begin indefinite strike on March 3 following the inability of the state government to pay the N30,000 minimum wage. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Alhaji Umar Alhassan, who briefed newsmen at the end of an executive council meeting on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, said […]

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FG moves to review of labour laws, condemn slave labour

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2020 0

The Federal Government has condemned the practice of subjecting Nigerian workers to working conditions reminiscent of slave labour. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, expressed Government’s displeasure in Abuja when the Buhari Supporters’ Club (BSC), led by Lauretta Onochie, presented its contribution to the proposed Review of Nigeria’s Labour

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Minimum wage: Labour tasks legislature on implementation in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

The Kwara Joint Labour Congress (JLC), has sought the support and cooperation of the Kwara House of Assembly on the full implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for workers by the state government. Mr Kola Olumoh, the Chairman, Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Kwara, made this plea on Tuesday when the state Joint Labour Council paid […]

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Pay minimum wage or vacate office, labour tells governors

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2019 0

Lagos – The organised labour has appealed to state Houses of Assembly to identify with workers by compelling governors to pay the new minimum wage. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General-Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the appeal while fielding questions from journalists on Sunday in Lagos. According to Ugboaja, any governor who refuses to […]

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Labour commends FG’s decision to sanction unions yet to submit audited accounts

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2019 0

Abuja – Organised labour on Friday commended the decision of the Federal Government to sanction trade unions that had failed to submit details of their yearly audited accounts to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The labour and employment minister Chris Ngige recently said that many trade unions had failed to submit their audited accounts […]

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FG has a responsibility to respect agreement reached with organised labour – TUC

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2019 0

Benin – Mr Peter Esele, former President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), says the Federal Government has a responsibility to respect the terms of agreement reached with the organised labour on the new minimum wage. Esele said this on Saturday in Benin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that failure […]

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Unfavourable labour policies and workers’ rights

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2019 0

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Workers’ Rights, stressed the need for workers to work under favourable and conducive environment. The ILO also identified eight fundamental conventions: freedom of association, collective bargaining, elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, equal remuneration, among others. However, stakeholders say

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Buhari’s aides are not telling him the truth – Labour

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2019 0

The Secretary, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Alade Lawal, has said that he dose not think that President Muhammadu Buhari is being told the truth. Lawal reacting to a statement by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the Federal Government will sack some workers in the public service to […]

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Minimum wage: Labour set for strike Oct. 16 if…

Ihesiulo Grace 3 October 2019 0

Abuja – Organised labour on Wednesday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from Oct. 16, if the Federal Government fails to reconvene the meeting of the committee negotiating the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at a meeting with the Joint National […]

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Minimum wage: NLC to Governors: You can’t intimidate workers with sack

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2018 0

…Urges workers to vote out anti-labour Governors …Says N30,000 was a product of intense, robust negotiations at the Tripartite Committee The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, warned that the threat by state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) would not deter it from crippling government activities if Governors fail to […]

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Minimum Wage: Confusion looms over nationwide strike today

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2018 0

…FG, Labour fail to reach agreement …Govt insists on N24, 000, Labour wants N30, 000 The Federal Government and the Organised Labour have failed to reach a consensus over the new minimum wage for workers in the country. The Chairman of the Tripartite Committee and a former Head of Service of the Federation, Ms Amal […]

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Labour insists on N30,000 as Minimum Wage

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2018 0

…Says FG lied over agreement on acceptable wage …Claims Govs Forum not negotiating body The leadership of Organised Labour has again berated the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) over its stance on the current new Minimum Wage issue, saying the action of the governors amounts to a breach of agreement of the tripartite committee. The President […]

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Minimum Wage: Labour meets Thursday for final decision

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2018 0

The Organised Labour says it will meet on Thursday to take final decision on the new National Minimum Wage for workers, following the delay by the Federal Government to announce its figure. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday […]

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JUSUN directs members nationwide to resume work

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2018 0

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has directed all its members across Nigeria to resume work on Tuesday October 2, following the suspension of strike organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC). President of JUSUN, Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu gave the directive in Abuja shortly after the NLC announced on Sunday that it has […]

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Minimum Wage: Workers comply with Labour directives as strike paralyses states

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2018 0

…CJN, judges, lawyers lock out as judicial workers shot down courts …Govt delay will only prolong the nationwide strike – Organised Labour The Organised Labour has vowed to continue the warning strike if the Federal Government refuses to comply with the workers’ demand by dropping its figure for the implementation of the national minimum wage. […]

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Minimum Wage: Labour begins warning strike Wednesday, Sept. 26 midnight

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

The Organised Labour says it will commence nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of the new National Minimum Wage, effective from midnight of Wednesday, September 26. General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. The organised labour has accused […]