Tag: Nigeria Labour Congress

ASUU Strike: NLC mobilises workers for nationwide protest July 26, 27

Aminu Imam

…Set for showdown with FG, alerts States The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced plans to commence a 2-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in solidarity with the on-going strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU). This was disclosed in an issued circular issued to all the State chairmen of the NLC. The circular signed by the National President of the congress, Ayuba Wabba, partly read: “In line with the decisions of the National Executive Council meeting of the NLC, which was held on June…

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‘Scarcity of petroleum products may cause mass revolt’, NLC warns

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has warned that the unending scarcity and outrageous prices of petroleum products across the country may lead to mass revolt, saying “there is an extent to which the people can endure the current hardship occasioned by the scarcity of refined petroleum products”. In an issued statement by the President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, titled: “A Crisis Foretold! Local Refining of Petroleum is the Answer”, the Congress contended that the current scarcity and high cost of diesel and aviation fuel, besides the Premium Motor Spirit, commonly…

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2023: Nigeria Labour Congress calls for restructuring

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has called for restructuring that would bring good governance, sustainable development and social justice as the country approaches the 2023 general election and beyond. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this at the ‘2022 Workers Political Conference’, with the theme: “Commitment to National Emancipation and Development through Effective Political Engagement by Workers“, which was held on Wednesday, in Abuja. According to Wabba, the Conference seeks to set the Labour Agenda as a guide to our affiliates and workers and for engagement with Nigeria’s political class…

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Fuel, electricity price hike: “We’ll shut down Nigeria”, NLC warns, in New Year message

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has insisted that workers and masses will not accept any further increase in the pump price of fuel in the name of subsidy removal, urging its workers and the citizens to prepare for total war against any fuel price hike. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, in his New Year message to workers, also named Zamfara, Taraba, Benue, Kogi, Cross-Rivers, Abia and Imo as seven States that are yet to implement the N30,000 minimum wage which took effect on April 18, 2019. In the message, titled:…

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NLC laments rising cost of goods, cautions against increase in fuel price

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lamented the rising costs of goods and services that witnessed steady upward movement in the outgoing year. Speaking through its President, Ayuba Wabba, the NLC warned the Federal Government against going ahead with its planned removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called ‘petrol,’ in 2022. While applauding Nigerian masses’ perseverance, the Congress noted that 2021 was generally a year of speculations and increases in the prices of basic utilities. The NLC called on the Government to find solutions to the myriad…

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Fuel Subsidy Removal: NLC plans national mass protest Feb. 1st

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The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has resolved to hold a national mass protest on February 1, against the plan by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communiqué issued on Friday, in Abuja, and signed by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba and General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, after its NEC meeting. Recall that the President Buhari-led administration recently disclosed that it would remove fuel subsidy as from next year, a move that has led to concerns, as Nigerians battle with…

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NLC rejects proposed petrol price hike

Aminu Imam

…Insists that further price hike’ll spell doom for workers, citizenry The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), rose from its regular meeting yesterday with a stern warning to the Federal Government to immediately perish the idea of a fuel price hike in 2022 or risk having the country literally shut down in mass protests. Recall that the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said fuel may sell above N340/litre when the subsidy regime eventually comes to an end. However,…

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Fuel Price: NLC vows to shut down economic activities

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…Begins mobilisation Following the news of the Federal Government’s plan to increase fuel pump price to N340, the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has vowed to ground economic activities across the country, adding that it has started mobilisation of its members for the showdown. Recall that the Federal Government recently announced its readiness to withdraw subsidies on petroleum products as from next year, saying that the burden of the subsidy was too heavy to bear. The NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who disclosed this during the opening ceremony of 17th NLC…

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NLC writes Buhari, demands assent to Electoral Bill

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…Says President’s decision capable of making or marring nation’s democracy The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Bill recently amended by the National Assembly. The NLC, in a letter signed by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said that President Buhari’s decision has such an effect on Nigeria’s democratic future that it can either make or mar the progress everyone expects. The NLC further enjoined the president to ‘demonstrate courage, leadership as well as protect our democracy’, by assenting into law the amended…

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Subsidy: NLC/Senate, FG clash over N5,000 palliative

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday faulted the Federal Government’s plan to pay N5,000 each to 40 million Nigerians to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on Wednesday described the proposed N5,000 palliative as comical and will translate to far more than the money government claims to spend currently on fuel subsidy, the Senate said there was no provision for it in the 2022 Budget currently before the National Assembly. Recall that the Group Managing Director, Nigerian…

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