Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State Chapter, has called for a minimum wage increase to N150,000 for Lagos workers, citing the recent wage hikes by the Imo and Ebonyi state governments as a precedent. Chairperson of the NLC Lagos State Chapter, Mrs. Funmi Sesi, made this demand on Thursday...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has praised Imo State’s implementation of a N104,000 minimum wage and called on the Federal Government and other states to follow suit. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the appeal during an interview on the sidelines of the 7th National Quadrennial Delegates...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Dangote Industries Ltd. to allow its employees to join workers’ unions to safeguard their rights and enhance workplace conditions. The appeal was made by NLC Lagos Chairperson, Funmi Sesi, during a Tuesday tour...
Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to supply crude oil to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in naira to reduce fuel costs and bolster local refining. During a Tuesday visit to the refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Ltd. by NLC officials and...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos State Council has criticized the 25% commission charged by app-based transport companies like Uber, Bolt, and LagRide. NLC Lagos Chairperson, Funmi Sessi, at a press conference on Thursday, said the commission is exploitative and unfair to drivers. “The structure of the commission from all...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has charged all the 27 Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen to ensure the swift and effective implementation of the new 70,000 Naira minimum wage. During a high-level meeting held at the Government House, Saturday night, which was attended...
A statewide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) has paralyzed government activities in Ogun State. The strike, which began on Wednesday, was sparked by the government’s failure to address several key issues, including non-remittance of pension deductions, non-implementation...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ogun Chapter, has called on government officials to emulate the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s governance style, which emphasized equal rights and access to resources for all. According to Ademola Hameed-Benco, Chairman of the NLC Ogun Chapter, “Buhari’s system of governance, regardless of social standing,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye has lamented the low level of compliance by state governments in enrollment of their workers in the Employee Compensation Scheme (ECS). The Managing Director spoke during a visit to the...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has pledged to intervene in the workers’ loan repayments that were deducted from their salaries but never remitted to the respective banks. The governor made this commitment while responding to an appeal by the Sokoto State Chairperson of the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) has commendedGovernor Uba Sani for the recent release of N3.8 billion for the payment of death benefits and accrued rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme. The Chairman of the congress, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman, made this known...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said that his administration has complied with the Minimum Wage Act because no civil servant in Kaduna State is earning less than N70,000. The governor, who reiterated his antecedents as a human rights activist, further said that the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has assured that his government is doing everything possible to offset the 15 billion naira backlog of gratuity owed retirees in state since 2016. Governor Aliyu, who stated this at the Giginya Stadium Thursday during the Workers Day celebration, also...
The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday called for renewed unity among Nigerian workers in the face of economic hardship and policy challenges. Ajaero made the appeal during the 2025 Workers’ Day celebration in Abuja, while addressing the workers on the state of the labour...
Organised Labour has appealed to the Federal Government not to compress the civic space by restricting citizens from freely expressing themselves. President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 2025 Pre – May Day Lecture, organised by the NLC and...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has frowned over the non implementation of the new minimum wage and the Consequential Adjustments by some state governors. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this at the 6th National Gender Conference organised by the NLC National Women Commission on Tuesday in Abuja. The conference...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, on Friday bemoaned the effect of inflation on the minimum wage in the country. Ajaero speaking at the first quadrennial delegates conference of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Abuja, said it was time the organised labour stood united...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The chairman of Sokoto State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Aliyu Abdullahi Jangle has advised the National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Ali Kankara to make inquiries into any development before making claims that could be...
The Nigeria Labourer Congress and Trade Union Congress in Zamfara have given the state government 14 days ultimatum to address the irregularities in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The leaders of Zamfara chapters of NLC and TUC gave the ultimatum at a news conference in Gusau on...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to migrate electricity consumers from lower tariffs to Band A. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the NLC held in Yola, Adamawa...