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NLC Vows To Resist Moves By FG To Slash Workers Salaries, Reduce Agencies

By Sahel Standard Magazine May 5, 2021 51 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has opposed moves by the Federal Government to cut salaries of civil servants as well as the number of federal agencies. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had said the FG was working to reduce the high cost of governance by cutting the salaries of civil servants […]Continue Reading

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Blame Gov El-Rufai For Killings, Banditry In Kaduna State – NLC, Oshiomhole

By Sahel Standard Magazine April 30, 2021 116 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said Governor Nasir el-Rufai should be blamed for the worrying cases of kidnappings, banditry, and all forms of insecurity in Kaduna state. In holding the governor accountable, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba and Comrade Continue Reading

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JUSUN strike: Ngige’s Absence Stalls Meeting with Govt

By Sahel Standard Magazine April 21, 2021 54 0

The proposed meeting between the Federal Government, Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), did not hold because Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige was absent. The meeting was scheduled for 3pm but Ngige, who serves as the conciliator, was not at the venue when the workers left […]Continue Reading

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Issa Aremu Rejects Bill Seeking To Remove Minimum Wage From Exclusive List

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 15, 2021 123 0

A former vice president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Issa Aremu, has condemned the proposed bill to remove the National Minimum Wage from the exclusive list of the Federal Government to concurrent list. Addressing a news conference in Kaduna on Monday, he described the bill as diversionary, saying it must be rejected by […]Continue Reading

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Minimum Wage… A Bill Dead on Arrival

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 15, 2021 217 0

The minimum wage is as old as the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was founded in 1919. The 1919 ILO Constitution, in its preamble, notes the importance of “the provision of an adequate living wage”. In its 1944 Philadelphia Declaration, the ILO called for “a minimum living wage to all employed and in need of […]Continue Reading

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High Powered Mobilization Team for Hajj Savings Scheme in Nasarawa

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 11, 2021 181 0

A high-powered mobilization push to canvass for registration into Hajj Savings scheme was today, 10th March 2021 held in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital. The mobilizers comprised top notch from the state government, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), State Pilgrims Welfare Boards (SPWB) Jaiz Bank, royal fathers, members of the Ulama., public organizations, Continue Reading

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Workers Rally Against Removal Of Minimum Wage From Exclusive List

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 11, 2021 130 0

State capitals across the country yesterday witnessed protests by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the plan to remove minimum wage from the Exclusive List. In Osogbo, the Osun State capital, workers marched to the House of Assembly and urged its members to stop the bill which proposed the removal of minimum wage […]Continue Reading

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NLC Declares Nine Governors Anti-Workers

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 11, 2021 133 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared nine governors as “anti-workers”. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the wage Act in 2019. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba,  said one of them was using the sponsor of the bill, Garba Muhammad, against the interests of workers. Muhammad represents Sabon Gari Constituency of Zaria, Kaduna State, in the House of […]Continue Reading

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Minimum Wage: Protesting Labour Unions Block Lagos Gov’s Office Entrance

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 10, 2021 215 0

Workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday protested against plans to remove minimum wage from exclusive list. The proteating workers took their agitations to the Office of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. They blocked the entrance to the governor’s office, halting activities at the seat of […]Continue Reading