COMMUNIQUE OF THE JOINT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC)MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) AND TRADE UNION CONGRESS (TUC) HELD ON TUESDAY THE 4TH OF JUNE 2024 AT THEOLAITAN OYERINDE HALL, NLC’S NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA. Following the successful commencement of the indefinite nationwide strike action initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
By Magnus Effiong After about eights years of inactivity, the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) has finally elected executive committee to pilot its affairs with the wife of Governor Bassey Otu, Rev. Eyoanwan Bassey Otu emerging as Patron. Speaking after the elections of the committee members which took place at the Women Development Centre,…
Wife of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, By Anietie Akpan Government at all levels, organizations and individuals have been charged to collaborate to stem the tide of gender based crime in Akwa Ibom state. Wife of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, gave the charge in Uyo on…
A NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF: WHY ORGANISED LABOUR IS STRIKING For about eight months now, Organised Labour, the Federal Government, and the Organised Private Sector have been engaged in negotiations for a new national minimum wage. The negotiation for a new national minimum wage finds its roots in law and…
By Anietie Akpan The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) affiliate in Cross River state, on Monday joined her counterparts nationwide to commence an indefinite strike action to press home her demands for a good minimum wage and others. Following the indefinite strike action, offices, banks, filling stations, schools in…
