Tag: TUC

“Why we accepted N70,000 as minimum wage” Organised Labour

Aminu Imam
Organised Labour on minimum wage

Leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced that they have accepted the N70,000 minimum wage approved for Nigerian workers by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu, who announced the approval of  N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers at the meeting held with leaders of TUC and NLC yesterday in Abuja, promised to review the law every three years and also find ways to assist the private sector and the sub-nationals to pay the minimum wage. The meeting held with the Labour leaders was the second…

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NLC, TUC insist on N250,000 new minimum wage

Aminu Imam
NLC, TUC

…To meet Tinubu next week The meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the Organised Labour yesterday over the new minimum wage was adjourned to next week, after about one-hour discussions at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The leadership of the Organised Labour led by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, and the President of the Trade Union Congress, (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, arrived at the State House about 2 pm, and went straight to the Presidents office. Recall that the Tripartite Committee on the New National…

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New Minimum Wage: Tinubu to meet with Organised labour today

Aminu Imam
Tinubu & Labour

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja today, Thursday, to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. According to a top labour source, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting, which is expected to be held at the Aso Villa, in the nations capital. The President is expected to make a decision on the ?62,000 proposal of the government and private sector side;…

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New Minimum Wage: “We expect implementation by July” – TUC

Aminu Imam
TUC

The Organised Labour movement has expressed its hope that the new minimum wage would be announced, passed into law and its implementation begin before the end of next month. President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, stated this when he received the Special Adviser on Labour Matter from the Kogi State governor, Onuh Edoka, and his delegation in Abuja. Osifo said there was a need for the National Tripartite Negotiation Committee, made up of the Government, Labour, and Organised Labour, to find a common ground so that the bill…

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NUPENG, electricity, maritime workers mobilise for planned Monday’s strike

Aminu Imam
Nationwide strike

…Sea ports to be shut The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to comply with the directive of the two labour centres to begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday. NUPENG’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, in an issued statement yesterday, said the union was committed to ensuring total compliance with the directive. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) declared an indefinite nationwide strike to begin on Monday, to express their grievances over the proposed new…

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Organised Labour declares nationwide strike from Monday

Aminu Imam
Organised Labour

Members of the Organised Labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Uniin Congress (TUC), have declared to embark on an indefinite strike over the Federal Governments refusal to raise the minimum wage from N60,000. NLC president, Joe Ajaero, who disclosed this yesterday, during a press conference in Labour House, Abuja, said the strike begins by the midnight of Sunday, June 2. Ajaero, who was flanked by the TUC President, Festus Osifo, including other Labour leaders at the briefing, called on Nigerians to rise defend their interest over…

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Minimum wage: “We wont go below N100,000” – NLC, TUC insist, as deadline nears

Aminu Imam
NLC, TUC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have both agreed not to succumb to the Federal Governments N57,000 minimum wage proposal. The union leaders, however, insisted as of the time of this report not to accept any offer below N100,000. They described FGs negotiation moves from N48,000 to N57,000 as ‘unserious’. Meanwhile, the National Economic Council is expected to meet Monday to continue negotiations. The Federal Government had earlier proposed N54,000 as minimum wage out of the 497,000 demand of the labour unions. The organised…

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Labour insists on N615,000 minimum wage demand

Aminu Imam
NLC TUC

The Organised Labour, represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), and Trade Union Congress, (TUC),, has stated its refusal to accept the N48,000 minimum wage proposal put forth by the Federal Government. Ajaero said, Living wage is such that it will at least keep you alive. It is not a wage that will make you poorer and poorer. It is not a wage that will make you borrow to go to work. It is not a wage that will lead you to be in the hospital every day because of…

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Electricity tariff hike: NLC, TUC threatens to shut down dams

Aminu Imam
NLC TUC

The Organised Labour in Niger State has threatened to shut down the hydropower dams in the state following the high electricity tariff. They issued the threat during a protest to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, office following directives by the national body of Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC). Addressing the protesters, the Chairman of NLC in the state, Idrees Lafene said the State reserves the right to enjoy 24-hour power supply at a lower cost. This dam belongs to the people; that is why NLC and TUC have agreed that…

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Electricity tariff hike: NLC, TUC picket DisCos offices nationwide

Aminu Imam
NLC TUC

…Says new tariff capable of destroying Nigeria’s economy Organised Labour, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday stormed offices of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) nationwide to protest against the recent hike in electricity tariff. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who led the protest at NERC s headquarters in Abuja, said Nigerians are currently wallowing in power poverty, given the abysmal low supply of electricity. Recall that the NLC, TUC and their affiliates, vowed to ground…

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