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NLC Seeks FG Intervention In ASUU Strike

28Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

NLC Seeks FG Intervention In ASUU Strike

ASUU The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to address issues that necessitated the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, made the call when he addressed newsmen shortly before going into a closed-door meeting of the Congress’s Central Working Committee (CWC) on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that ASUU embarked on a nationwide warning strike to press home its members’ demands from Feb. 14. The lecturers’ demands include; funding of the Revitalisation of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears. Others are the renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement and the incons...

Kogi Workers Give Government 14-day Ultimatum Over Minimum Wage

22Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Labour, News, Nigeria

Kogi Workers Give Government 14-day Ultimatum Over Minimum Wage

Organised labour in Kogi has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage or face an indefinite strike action. Addressing journalists in Lokoja, the state capital, on Friday, shortly after the meeting of labour leaders, Kogi State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, lamented that the current administration in the state led by Governor Yahaya Bello had not added any value to workers since it came on board in 2016. The NLC chairman noted that the committee on a minimum wage set up on February 14, 2020 by Governor Bello had refused to submit its report for the implementation of the new minimum wage and its consequential adjustment of 23 per cent. Edoka added that the present administration had refused to cashback promotion arrea...

NCL Issues December Deadline For Implementation Of Electricity Tariff Reduction Agreement

6Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Power

NCL Issues December Deadline For Implementation Of Electricity Tariff Reduction Agreement

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NCL, has demanded that the Federal Government should implement the electricity tariffs reduction agreement by December. The congress in its notice to the government to reduce electricity tariffs by N15 per kilowatt-hour cautioned that it would not accept the serial violations of agreements. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday titled ‘Gas sale to Gencos should be below $1.50/scf’. He said, “It is significant that the incessant increase of electricity tariff was one of the several issues discussed between the representatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria and organised labour, hereinafter referred to as the principals, on 28th September 2020. “Specifically, an agreement was reached at the meeting to set up a...

NLC Set to Meet Today Over Govs’ N380/Litre Petrol Proposal

21May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria, Petroleum

NLC Set to Meet Today Over Govs’ N380/Litre Petrol Proposal

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress is set to meet today (Friday) to deliberate and reach a stance on the proposal by governors for the price of petrol to be hiked from N162/litre to N408.5/litre. On Wednesday, a committee working on the mandate of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum advocated for the full removal of petrol subsidy. It sought for the price of petrol to be fixed between N380/litre and N408.5/litre. In its reaction on Thursday, the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged the Federal Government to remove petrol subsidy gradually, considering its effect on the masses. Meanwhile, the officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation told Punch that the oil firm was awaiting the Federal Government’s position ...

Kaduna Protest: AFC Speaks on Way Forward

19May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, Nigeria

Kaduna Protest: AFC Speaks on Way Forward

The Arewa Consultative Forum, AFC, has weighed in on the dispute between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Kaduna State Government, asking both parties to amicably come to terms. The AFC in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, said the strike action by the NLC has grounded activities in the state. The group urged the Kaduna State Government to afford the workers marked for disengagement more time to acquire new skills before they are laid off. Yawe said, “For two days now the activities of the Kaduna state government have been crippled by a strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress. “Hospitals, electricity/water services, the airport, the road/rail transport and many other services in the state have been crippled. “The National Presiden...

NCL Talks Tough, Ask El-Rufai to Reinstate Disengaged Workers

19May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Labour, News, Nigeria

NCL Talks Tough, Ask El-Rufai to Reinstate Disengaged Workers

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said it is not backing down on its protest until the Kaduna State Government reinstates disengaged workers and forfeit plans to sack 11,000 workers. This was said by the Kaduna NCL Chairman, Ayuba Magaji, on Tuesday on the second day of protest against the mass sacking of workers by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s administration. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted Magaji to have said, "We are not in a military regime. It is not an issue of stubbornness. We will protect the rights of workers to the letter. "The Kaduna state government is playing tough on our actions. We have had military governments who are tough by nature, but we sat down and had a dialogue with them and reached a logical conclusion." He added, "We are equally taking our responsi...

No Petrol Price Hike until after Labour Deliberation – NNPC

27Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Petroleum

No Petrol Price Hike until after Labour Deliberation – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that there will be no hike in the current ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) until the conclusion of ongoing engagement with organised labour and other stakeholders. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, told reporters in Abuja on Friday that the corporation was, for now, bearing the burden of importing refined petroleum products as the supplier of last resort to guarantee energy security for the nation. Shedding more light on the recent interview by the Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the State House, Dr. Obateru stated that the NNPC has no intention to preempt ongoing engagement with labour by unilaterally increasing the ex-depot price of petrol, even...

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 ...

We will Implement Agreement Diligently – NNPC Assures Labour After Strike Suspension

28Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Cost of Living, Economy, Labour, News, Nigeria, Petroleum

We will Implement Agreement Diligently – NNPC Assures Labour After Strike Suspension

Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has pledged commitment to implement agreements reached with organised labour which led to the suspension of planned strike and protest over the increase of electricity tariff and petrol pump price. Kyari said NNPC would diligently implement the agreement reached on Sunday between labour leaders and Federal Government. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Government (TUC) had planned to commence strike action today over the Federal Government’s refusal to reverse the hike in electricity and fuel pump price. Government had removed subsidy of electricity and petrol leading to an increase in electricity tariff from about N30.23 to about N62.33 per kwh, while the pric...

FG, Labour to Meet Thursday Over Strike Action to Protest Electricity Tariff, Fuel Price Hike

24Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, News, Nigeria, Petroleum

FG, Labour to Meet Thursday Over Strike Action to Protest Electricity Tariff, Fuel Price Hike

The Federal Government is set to meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Thursday in an attempt to avert the planned indefinite strike by the organised labour to protest the spike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price. This was disclosed on Wednesday by Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in an email. He said the meeting will serve as an avenue for FG to roll out its palliative plans. The mail read, “The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige will be hosting a meeting with the Organised Labour. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2020 and the venue is the Banquet hall, Presidential Villa, by 3pm.” Previous talks ended in deadlock d...