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1Jan

By Obiajulu Joel Nwolu1 Comment

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

NLC Threatens Strike Over Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged states yet to implement the new minimum wage and those owing workers salaries to comply or face mass strike and protests this New Year. President of the NCL, Ayuba Wabba, in his new year message titled, ‘Beyond survival: Nigerian workers and people deserve better in 2021,’ regretted that till now, some states are yet to commence payment of the new national minimum wage. The NCL said that some states which were signatories to the collective bargaining agreements with state councils of the labour movement on the payment of the new minimum wage have taken it for granted. The union said, “Accordingly, we call on all our state councils still struggling with their state governments on the payment of the national minimum wage and consequential ...

Strike Called off, Agreement Reached between FG and Labour – Keyamo

28Sep

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Breaking News, Cost of Living, Employment, Infrastructure, Labour, News, Nigeria, Power

Strike Called off, Agreement Reached between FG and Labour – Keyamo

Minister of State for labour tweeted in the early hours of this morning that the federal government has reached an agreement with labour leading to a suspension of the scheduled strike action. The tweet read "FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended." FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike sus...

Nigeria: NLC Insists on Strike Commencing 28th Sept. 2020

27Sep

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Breaking News, Cost of Living, Economy, Employment, Labour, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: NLC Insists on Strike Commencing 28th Sept. 2020

The Nigerian Labour Congress has doubled down on its position that there will be a Nation-wide strike from the 28th of September 2020 unless their demands are met. In a post shared on their Facebook Page, the union said "STRIKE BEGINS TOMMOROW MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, UNLESS OUR DEMANDS ARE MET." STRIKE BEGINS TOMMOROW MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, UNLESS OUR DEMANDS ARE MET. Posted by Nigeria Labour Congress HQ on Sunday, September 27, 2020 It will be recalled that a court ordered the strike to be put on hold, an order which the union does not appear to be willing to obey. The Federal Government has invited the union's leaders for a meeting so it is yet to be seen if the strike will be called off before tomorrow the 28th of September. We will keep you posted.

FG Gets New Order to Stop Planned NLC, TUC Strike

26Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Economy, Human Rights, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

FG Gets New Order to Stop Planned NLC, TUC Strike

The Federal Government has obtained a new order against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from going on with their plan to commence a nationwide strike on Monday. Justice Ibrahim Galadima of the National Industrial Court issued the order in Abuja in an ex parte application made by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. The NLC and TUC had earlier declared a nationwide strike starting from Monday, 28th September to protest the recent hike in petrol pump price and electricity tariff.

Nigeria: Pension Fund Administrators Exploiting Pensioners

15Jul

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Corruption, Economy, Finance, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Pension Fund Administrators Exploiting Pensioners

Nigerian workers have been faced with different challenges over the years. All of these challenges hinge around government's insensitivity to their plight. We have heard stories of pensioners not receiving their pensions and we have even heard of those that collapse and even die while waiting to be paid. Given all of these, Nigerian workers thought their woes were over with the introduction of PFAs which allowed their funds to be managed by independent organizations. This appears not to be the case. While we've learnt that the Federal Government for about the past two years has not been remitting to the PFAs the deductions they make from the salaries of their employees not to mention the contributions they are supposed to make, we've also learnt that the PFA's themselves have been se...