The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EEDC) has attributed the current power outage in parts of Southeast Nigeria to the ongoing nationwide strike organized by labor unions. This explanation was provided in a statement by Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications for EEDC.NYSC Portal According to Ezeh’s statement, the blackout is a direct result … Read more
Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has asked the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to allow the union to organise itself without undue interference and bias. DAILY TRUST reports.informationguidenigeria The NLC had stepped in when executives of the NURTW opposed … Read more
The two trade union centres in the country, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), have directed all their affiliates to commence an indefinite strike by midnight, Tuesday, October 3. The decision was reached after the National Executive Council (NEC) meetings of the two labour centres held yesterday in Abuja. THIS DAY reports.informationguidenigeria … Read more
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to find a solution to the economic crisis the country is facing. THE PUNCH reports.informationguidenigeria This was contained in a communique issued after the meeting of the group held at the residence of its acting National Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun … Read more
The House of Representatives has debunked claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), that lawmakers had received the sum of N100 million from the Federal Government as palliatives to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal. Ripples Nigeria reports. The NLC had, in a statement on Wednesday by its National Assistant Secretary, Christopher Onyeka, … Read more
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and Trade Union Congress President, Festus Usifo, held a meeting with President Tinubu moments after the unions’ nationwide protest on Wednesday. They held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening at the State House, Abuja. CHANNELS TV reports that the Special Adviser to the … Read more
The organized Labour in Plateau State on Wednesday joined their counterparts nationwide to kick against the anti-people policies of the federal government as they engaged in a peaceful protest which commenced at Secretariat Junction and later proceeded to the State Secretariat gate. VANGUARD reports.InformationGuideNigeria The unionists from the NLC and TUC came out in their … Read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended its planned nationwide indefinite strike and picketing of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, offices over the scarcity of naira notes.Information Guide Nigeria Recall that NLC had planned to begin the nationwide sit-at-home indefinite strike from today (Wednesday, March 29) and picketing of CBN headquarters and its state offices … Read more
Senator Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to move quickly with regard to the State Government’s implementation of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010.Information Guide Nigeria He stated that due to the act’s non-implementation, many workers were not protected by the ECA Act for accidents and … Read more
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has threatened to withdraw their service over incessant increment on the price of premium motor spirit in the Eastern part of the country. INDEPENDENT reports. Informaion Guide Nigeria IPMAN in a statement on Monday decried that the private depots are the cause of the hike in the … Read more