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Court restrains El-Rufai’s Judicial Commission from probing NLC strike in Kaduna

The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Friday restrained the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government from investigating the recent warning strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress in the state. Recalls that the NLC and its affiliate unions in Kaduna State had embarked on a five-day warning strike over the recent disengagement of civil servants by the state…

NLC Strike: ASUU condemns sack of lecturers, stoppage of union dues by El-Rufai

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) Chapter, has kicked against the sack of 16 lecturers and two non-academic staff of the university by the state government. The 18 staff were sacked for participating in the Nigerian Labour Congress’s (NLC) five-day warning strike in the state, between May 17 and May 19. The Chairman of the Union, Dr Peter Adamu, who…

El-Rufai Sacks Nurses Who Participated In NLC Strike, Warns KASU Lecturers

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sacked all nurses below Level 14, who abandoned their duty posts to participate in the strike spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress. He also threatened to sack lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU), who were absent from work. El-Rufai announced the tough measures in a statement by media adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye. “The Ministry of Health will…

BREAKING: NLC Refuses To Accept N27,000 Minimum Wage

NLC Refuses To Accept N27,000 Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the N27,000 new national minimum wage adopted by the National Council of States on Tuesday.

The NLC Secretary-General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

According to him, the council has no jurisdiction determining another amount after a Tripartite Committee had submitted…

Tomorrow NLC Strike News & Update

Tuesday is for mobilisation, not strike – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have said tomorrow 8th Tuesday is for protest and mobilization across the country and not a day for the commencement of strike.

In a press statement signed by the Secretary General, NLC, Comrade Peter Ozo Eson, the union said the date for the commencement of the strike action in reaction to the delay in transmitting…

Minimum wage: NLC to begin indefinite strike on January 8th

Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress has set January 8th as the date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.

NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the strike would be inevitable if nothing happened before the set date. He appealed to workers across…

NLC Nationwide Strike Today News & Update

Minimum Wage: Government Is Forcing Us To Embark On Prolonged Strike – NLC

NLC Warns Of Impending Nationwide Strike The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday reiterated its resolve to proceed on a prolonged nationwide strike over the failure of the government to implement the new minimum wage of N30,000 for Nigerian workers.

The resolve is coming upon the expiration of the deadline given by…

BREAKING: Report On N30,000 As Minimum Wage Finally Gets To Buhari

Report On N30,000 As Minimum Wage Finally Gets To Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has received a report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The report was submitted today, November 6, by the Chairperson of the committee and former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Ms Ama Pepple.

It is understood that the committee which…