
Nigerian Labour Congress







Members of the organised labour staged a walk-out from a meeting with the federal government in protest to the recent increase in the pump price of petrol.

The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, is facing a lawsuit filed by a transparency known group, SERAP over the recent hike in electricity tariff, fuel price.

In the interest of Nigerians, the federal government and labour unions have agreed to temporarily subsidise the electricity tariff for the next three months.

Ibrahim Khaleel, national president of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has died. He died on Wednesday, October 7, after being hospitalised.

The organised labour, including the NLC and the TUC, has explained why it shelved the nationwide strike which was planned to commence on Monday, September 28.

TUC has condemned federal government's approval of $1.96 billion for the construction of a rail line from Kano-Katsina-Jibia to Maradi in the Niger Republic.

Gombe state governor, Muhammad Yahaya, has decried the inability of his administration to pay the N30,000 minimum wage to workers in the state.

Workers in Lagos state can start jubilation as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has agreed to pay N35,000 as the new minimum wage from November, 2019.

The controversy over implementation of the approved N30,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers does not seem to be stopping any moment soon as organised labour has vowed to fight any governor that fails to comply with the payment.
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