COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EMERGENCY NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON THE 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024 The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) convened an emergency meeting on Saturday, August 10, 2024, to address the invasion of the NLC National […]
Press Statement9/8/24 WHAT ARE THE NIGERIA POLICE UP TO? Our attention has been drawn to the siege laid to the National headquarters of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights at Ikeja, Lagos by the Nigeria Police. Reports available to us indicate that truckloads of police personnel have cordoned off […]
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF AUGUST 2024 The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) convened an emergency meeting today, the 7th of August 2024, to assess the welfare of Nigerian workers and […]
Press Statement03/08/24 STOP THIS MASSACRE With unconfirmed reports putting casualties at 40+ in in two days of managing the the EndHunger protest across the country, we have sufficient reasons (backed up by reports and video clips) to call to question the professionalism of our security personnel as this represents nothing but […]
Press Statement02/08/24 RE: WE HAVE NEITHER RE-CONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED THE NATION-WIDE MASS PROTEST Our attention has been drawn to the above-captioned statement (dated August 1st 2023) in various social media platforms. While we would want to re-affirm that the statement is ours, we would want to explain that the statement has […]
Press Statement11/07/2024 WE COMMEND THE SUPREME COURT We at the Nigeria Labour Congress wish to commend the Supreme Court of Nigeria for restoring power to the Local Governments. It’s epochal pronouncement on Thursday, July 11, 2024 directing that financial allocations be made directly to Local Governments as well as divesting state […]
Press Statement04/07/2024 STOP KILLING THE PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMY The hike in tariff by DISCOs from N206.80 to N209.5 (with effect from July 1) for the so-called band ‘A’ customers represents the height of impunity and arrogance and will certainly put more companies out of business as well as create more […]
PRESS RELEASE28TH JUNE, 2024 GOVERNORS CANNOT DICTATE WHAT TO PAY!The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is compelled to address the recent statements made by some Nigerian Governors regarding their desire to pay what they deem fit to Nigerian workers as the minimum wage. This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines […]
