No Governor in Ekiti&#8230; Fayose goes on indefinite strike

Ekiti workers want to teach Fayose a lesson before negotiating

Civil servants in Ekiti state, on Tuesday, failed to show up for a meeting called by the state government towards resolving the ongoing industrial action in the state. The meeting came on the heels of the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose’s, decision to implement the principle of “no-work, no-pay.” The meeting was scheduled to hold on... Read More

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May 30, 2016

Fayose accused of lying, deceiving Ekiti people

The leadership of organised labour groups in Ekiti state, on Sunday, accused the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of lying and blackmailing the unions. The was made this known in a press statement issued after an emergency meeting of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Negotiating Council in Ado Ekiti.... Read More

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May 27, 2016

Health workers pull out of Ekiti state NLC/TUC strike

Health workers in Ekiti state under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union, on Friday, pulled out of the strike action embarked by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. According to Premium Times, the medical union made this known in a letter addressed to the Chief Medical Director of the Ekiti State... Read More

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May 27, 2016

Lest we forget, Fayose has not paid salaries in Ekiti state for FIVE months

There are few Nigerian politicians who enjoy attention as much as Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state. The Governor is always in the news for different reasons, some bordering on the inane and others controversial. From stopping to enjoy a plate of beans by the road side: to lambasting President Muhammadu Buhari: and admiring questionable ‘pears’: There’s no gain... Read More

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May 26, 2016

Oh, Fayose: ‘Even my government house doesn’t have fuel for generator’

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose will not leave the news, he has apparently sworn. Today, he pleaded with the people of the state to show understanding for his inability to pay workers’ salaries. The governor, in a statewide broadcast explained to the people of the state that they only got N751million as allocation from the... Read More

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May 26, 2016

Increase in minimum wage may be coming sooner than you think

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government, on Wednesday agreed to set up a 16 man committee that will work out the new minimum wage as well as palliatives that will soften the effects of the increase in the pump price of fuel. The federal government announced Mohammed Buba as the chairman of... Read More

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May 24, 2016

FG commends NLC for calling off strike

The federal government, on Monday, commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its five-day-old strike. It would be recalled that the NLC had last week gone on a protest strike over the recent increase in the cost of fuel. This was stated by the Minister for Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, while speaking... Read More

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May 24, 2016

Another round of fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN threatens strike action

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) has served the Federal Government its notice to go on strike- an action which would cause widespread scarcity of petroleum products in the country. The Union had on Monday, last week served the government a 7-day ultimatum to meet its demands. PENGASSAN had demanded that the... Read More

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May 22, 2016

Why I opposed the NLC strike – Oshiomhole

by Chi Ibe Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has explained why he opposed the strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress and supported the federal government’s petrol price hike. According to him, this is because the policy “is the difficult pain Nigerians must undergo before reaping the gains”. According to him, this decision isn’t... Read More

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May 22, 2016

Just in: NLC calls off strike

by Chi Ibe The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has finally called off its failing strike – four days after the action was largely ignored by Nigerians and abandoned by constituent unions including the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers as well as its affiliate, the Trade Union Congress. In a statement today, the... Read More

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May 22, 2016

Fuel price: NLC to hold meeting NEC to review strike

After a failed nationwide strike, the Nigerian Labour Congress has scheduled a meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) and its National Administrative Council (NAC)- on Monday and Sunday, respectively. The trade union is expected to discuss the proposal made by the national leader of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, and also review its... Read More

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May 20, 2016

The story in photos from Tinubu’s meeting with NLC leaders today

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress on Friday afternoon, held a meeting with the leaders of the Trade Union Congress and the National Labour Congress. The purpose of the meeting was for Tinubu to attempt to broker/negotiate for peace between Labour and the federal government over the protests of pump... Read More

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May 20, 2016

Where is the ‘mother of all protests’ Dino Melaye promised in 7 days?

From his stand against the removal of subsidy in 2012, his famous fist fight at the House of Representatives in 2014 which left his clothes in shreds to his unflinching support of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki even when it looked like the senate president was losing the battle, Dino Melaye sure looks like... Read More

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NLC meeting with House of Rep Speaker, Yakubu Dogara

May 20, 2016

NLC finally meets Senators, Reps over fuel subsidy and strike (PHOTOS)

The leaders of a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, and members of the ad-hoc committee on deregulation yesterday to discuss the recent increase in fuel price and Labour’s ongoing strike. The NLC delegation was led by President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba. No official resolution... Read More

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Army lied about the Chibok girl; Burna Boy is a grown baby‎… and more on The Slab with Isime‎‎

Just in case this is your first stab at The Slab with Isime, here’s a brief education – The Slab is a weekly gabfest offering a newsroom perspective on the week’s trending topics. In this edition featuring Adebayo, Chuks, Oreoluwa, Emeka and Anire, the YNaija crew talks about the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) protest; Amina Ali,... Read More

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‘We’ll continue to fight’ | NLC threatens FG despite failed strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to keep resisting the hike of petrol price from N86 to N145 despite some of the failures its planned nationwide strike action suffered on Wednesday. The President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, speaking on the second day of the strike noted that the Union had not received any invitation... Read More

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NLC members barricade Alausa road in protest of fuel price (PHOTOS)

In furtherance of its agitation against the increase in petrol price from N86 to N145, the National Labour Congress has taken its protests to the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. According to eyewitness reports, the protesters barricaded the road leading to the secretariat before gaining entrance and subsequently harassing government officials who did not take part... Read More

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NLC to Nigerians: ‘Be part of this historic struggle in defence of yourself’

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday thanked its members and affiliates for coming out enmasse to carry out the industrial action against the increase in the price of fuel. This was contained in a statement signed by Peter Ozo-Eson, NLC’s secretary general. The union said: “We salute their courage, patriotism and sacrifice in the... Read More

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How the FG won the communication war and defeated the NLC

It would appear that every Nigerian except the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) knew that Nigeria is having serious economic difficulties. This fore knowledge of the severity of our economic situation is probably the main reason why the federal government is winning this war of wits -or whatever it is- with the NLC. A careful observation... Read More

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Shehu Sani to FG: ‘Stop intimidating NLC’

Senator Shehu Sani of Kaduna Central District, today warned the federal government against intimidating the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress. This was contained in a statement. He said the NLC has the right to protest their grievances over thr removal of fuel subsidy. The statement reads: “Campaign of calumny and blackmail against the NLC... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: This is why Nigerians aren’t joining this strike like they joined #OccupyNigeria

by Japheth Omojuwa Having spent a whole week in Germany travelling through villages in Lusatia, Brandenburg and attending lectures in Berlin studying the German Energy Mix for the purpose of understanding lessons Nigeria could learn, today’s article was meant to start a conversation on that but one would be missing an opportunity to address the... Read More

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‘NLC has only one President, ignore any other’ | The NLC is fighting the NLC

The Vice President of a faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Amechi Asugwuni, on Tuesday, said that the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the NLC is the only legitimate NLC, saying that the Joe Ajaero faction has no credibility. Asugwuni, who said this while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, insisted that NLC isn’t divided.... Read More

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NLC task force shuts down schools, banks, offices in Jos

Businesses in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, the capital city of Plateau state, have reportedly shut down following the strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). According to The Punch, officials of the NLC led by one Sunday Akinfolarin had mobilized early in the day, persuading workers to shut down their businesses. The NLC officials... Read More

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Is this the end of the NLC, as Nigerians ignore it?

During the swearing in of the Ayuba Wabba faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo state, who is a former National President of the NLC, made a statement that rings true now more than ever. Oshiomole had said: “It must be obvious to you by now, Comrade President, that the... Read More

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#YNaijaStrikeUpdates: Fuel Strike Updates (Liveblog)

Welcome to the YNaija LiveBlog. We will be tracking the progress of the nationwide industrial action embarked on by the Nigeria Labour Congress over the increase in the pump price of fuel. What’s happening in your location? Tweet @YNaija with the #YNaijaStrikeUpdates

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NLC strike: More states join nationwide protest (PHOTOS)

Groups of people led by the National Labor Congress across the nation are currently protesting the increase in pump price of petrol. From streets to government houses, see photos of protesters across the nation. Benin city Ekiti Abuja Delta Ogun

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YNaija photos: NLC protests in Lagos in defiance of FG, courts

The National Labour Congress (NLC) has defiantly gone against the advise of the Federal Government as well as the ruling of the National Industrial Court and commenced a nationwide strike action following the failure of the government to reduce the hiked price of petrol from N145 per litre to N86 per liter. The NLC had... Read More

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YNaija Says: For Buhari’s government to maintain trust, it needs to cut its costs now

Trust in government may help governments to implement structural reforms with long term benefits… In a low-trust climate, citizens will prioritise immediate, appropriable and partial benefits, and will induce politicians to seek short-term and opportunistic gains through free-riding and populist attitudes (Gyorffy, 2013). Despite the threat posed by a faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress... Read More

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Fuel subsidy: FG pays oil marketers off finally

Amidst the controversy that has hitherto surrounded the announcement of the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that the outstanding N48.2 billion owed oil marketers have been paid off. The Minister revealed this in a statement released on Tuesday, May 17. She said the payment of... Read More