Leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart are currently meeting with the Federal Government. Vanguard gathered that meeting is centered on the state of the nation, especially the petrol pricing and its consequences. According to sources, the meeting is taking place at the Secretary to the…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has condemned the fuel pump price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, noting that a registered private company should not dictate fuel prices for Nigerians. GISTSMATE MEDIA earlier reported that the NNPC raised the retail price of petrol to N1,030 from N897 per…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged “downtrodden Nigerians who bear the marks or burden of broken promises, exploitation and corruption not to give up hope on their country.” President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero said this in a statement to workers and Nigerians on independence day on Monday. The statement reads: “On the occasion…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress , NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said all efforts to intimidate and silence organised labour would fail. The labour leader also said he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation extended to him. Recall that Ajaero had in recent times been under the radar of security agencies,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress said on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu betrayed organised labour, using the price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly called petrol, as bait. The organised labour stated that at the negotiation which informed the acceptance of N70,000 by the organised labour, President Tinubu offered the option not to increase the petrol price….
More details have emerged on how pressure from Labour, civil society organisations and other bodies, both local and international, forced the government to release the NLC President, Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested and detained by the DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. He was en route to the United Kingdom, UK, where…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a Monday midnight to the Federal Government to unconditionally release its President, Joe Ajaero, or face dire consequences. NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting for Tuesday, 9am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released. In a communiqué at the end of its…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called out the Federal Government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to implement the new national minimum wage without further delay. The demand comes on the heels of the recent arrest of NLC President, Joe Ajaero, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS),…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced the expansion of its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations across the country. According to NNPC, CNG stations are now available at Gaduwa, Wuse, Gudu, Dei Dei, Ushafa, and Gwagwalada in Abuja, with plans to extend to other locations nationwide. The company,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has accused security operatives of abducting its President, Joe Ajaero, and forcefully whisking him away without a warrant. Recall that GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported Ajaero’s arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport this morning. Following the arrest, the NLC alerted all its affiliates, state councils, and Nigerian workers, urging them…