NLC and Politics

The national leadership of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate payment of the two-month salaries of health workers allegedly withheld due to the “no work, no pay” stance of the government. The union also asked the government to …

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Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN has directed ports workers to begin a nationwide indefinite strike from tomorrow over unpaid wages to Dockworkers. Leaders of the union announced the industrial action while addressing officials of the union and a cross section of the workers Tuesday, July 2. They warned that …

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Press Statement 7th June 2019 Re–open AIT and Raypower NOW We are disturbed by the sudden suspension of the broadcast licences of the DAAR Communications broadcast services, African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower radio. We are particularly worried that the suspension was issued as a result of alleged inability of …

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ABUJA – In the aftermath of its loss of Zamfara state to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, fresh crisis have again hit the ruling All Progressives Congress APC as the Deputy National Chairman, North, Sen. Lawali Shuaibu is up in arms against the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. …

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Federal Government has appealed to the Organised Private Sector not to retrench its workers due to the consequential adjustments resulting from the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage of N30,000. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the appeal in Abuja on Monday during a Valedictory Session …

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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 29, as a work free day, in commemoration of the 2019 Presidential Inauguration. The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, (Rtd), made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in a statement signed by Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, the Permanent Secretary of …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 Appropriation bill into law. The National Assembly had earlier passed the 2019 Budget of N8.92trn, as against N8.83trn presented by President Buhari on December 18, 2018 The increase of N90bn in the budget was to cater for security challenges in the country, packages …

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the new minimum wage will take effect from April 18, 2019, when it was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Government on May 14, 2019 inaugurated a committee to negotiate the consequential adjustment in salaries arising …

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9th May, 2019 COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING OF THE CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE (CWC) OF NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON THURSDAY 9th MAY, 2019 AT THE AUDITORIUM OF PASCAL BAFYAU LABOUR HOUSE, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA An emergency meeting of the Central Working Committee of the …

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