Tag: Organized Labour

Labour strike wont affect election INEC

Aminu Imam

…Says Commission has no candidate in polls The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said that the planned nationwide strike by Organised Labour will not affect todays governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States. The Commission’s Head of the Department of Voter Education and Publicity, Imo State, Emanuella Ben-Opara, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, the State capital, on the level of preparations for the Saturdays election in the State. According to her, the Commission got assurance from the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), before…

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Labour Unionswarns FG over delayed MOU,threaten nationwide strike Oct. 30

Aminu Imam

The Organised Labour Unions have issued a renewed threat to commence a nationwide strike by October 30, citing their dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with the Federal Government. Recall that the national leadership of the NLC and TUC had on October 1 reached an agreement with the Federal Government to pay N35, 000 to all federal workers beginning from September, pending when a new national minimum wage would be signed into law. The state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress…

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Labour kicks, as FG purportedly begins gradual withdrawal of petrol subsidy

Aminu Imam

Several petrol stations across the country have been selling the product at a new price, following the Federal Government’s purported official increase of the product by 8.8 percent to N185 per litre, from N170 per litre. The ex-depot price also shot up from N148 per litre to N167. However, many filling stations have been selling far above this new price, a situation which may have made the new price almost unrealistic. Accordibg to reports, in a notice to fuel marketers on Thursday, the government directed that the new price should…

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2023: “We must rescue Nigeria, as it’s close to national disaster” – Labour

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Organised Labour, yesterday, vowed to form an alliance with any pro-workers political parties or organisations, in order to rescue the country, which it said was sailing dangerously adrift. The Organised Labour said it would no longer tolerate anti-people policies; fuel scarcity, unemployment and insecurity, adding that Nigerians are entitled to decent work, good governance and social and economic justice. It further said that comparatively, the present minimum wage of N30,000, which amounts to a mere N1,000 per day for the workers, is not…

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D-day: No going back on Monday scheduled strike – labour insists

Ishaku Yohanna

The organized labour has insisted on going ahead with the strike actions and nationwide protests from Monday over the failure of the Federal Government to reverse the hikes in electricity tariffs and fuel pump.  The House of Representatives on Sunday waded into the crisis between the Federal Government and the organised labour but the workers, however, insisted on starting industrial action on Monday until their demands are met. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday met with President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba; and his Trade Union Congress…

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