A Communique Preamble The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held an emergency meeting on the 16th of September 2020 at the Olaitan Oyerinde Auditorium at the NLC National Headquarters, Labour House, Central Business District, Abuja. The CWC comprises of the Presidents and General Secretaries of affiliate […]
Press Release THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS ALERTS NIGERIANS ON THE PLANS BY GOVERNOR NYESOM WIKE TO MOBILIZE HIRED THUGS TO BE USED TO UNLEASH FURTHER VIOLENCE ON PROTESTING WORKERS Fellow Nigerians, we have received very credible information that the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike has mobilized two local governments councils […]
NIGERIAN WORKERS REJECT AND PROTEST THE USE OF STRONG-ARM TACTICS AND DEPLOYMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WORKERS BY THE RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT! A Press Statement This is to alert Nigerians on the birth of new progeny of authoritarianism, industrial tyranny and state sponsored violence and terrorism against workers and citizens by the […]
INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF BY ABUJA DISCO – A TAUNTING OF THE WILL OF THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE GONE TOO FAR! A Press Release It appears that the adamant desire of DISCOs in Nigeria to ram through their ill-conceived agenda to further impoverish Nigerians through astronomical tariff increase amidst a plummeting return […]
Press Statement DO NOT AMBUSH NIGERIANS The Nigeria Labour Congress joins patriotic voices across the country in calling on the leadership of the National Assembly not to resurrect or cause to be passed into law the Water Bill because of the danger it portends to national unity. Information in the public […]
PRESS STATEMENT THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS CONDEMNS THE PLANS TO CONCESSION NIGERIA’S MAJOR AIRPORTS It was with great alarm that we learnt of the renewed efforts by the Federal Government to concession Nigeria’s major airports, namely: the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport – Abuja, the Murtala Mohammed International Airport – Lagos and […]
Press Release We Condemn the Attack on Workers in Rivers State Nigeria Labour Congress wish to condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the members of the Rivers State Executive Council (SEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by thugs and mercenaries hired by the State Government. The attack was […]
Press Release Nigeria Labour Congress Condemns the Sack of 175 Chevron Workers It was with great concerns that the Nigeria Labour Congress received the news of the sack of 175 (One Hundred and Seventy-Five) Chevron workers across the different operation stations of Chevron Nigeria Limited. It is even more heart rending […]
PRESS RELEASE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS RAISES ALARM OVER ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN TO SILENCE PROGRESSIVE AND PATRIOTIC VOICES ON THE STATE OF INSECURITY IN THE COUNTRY It has come to the notice of the Nigeria Labour Congress strenuous efforts by some faceless groups to politicize, discredit, discourage and demobilize credible, progressive, and patriotic […]