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The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on Monday commended the Federal Government and Labour for embracing social dialogue in the resolution of issues of concern, and suspension of the proposed strike. Its Director-General, Mr Timothy Olawale, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

Organised Labour has suspended its planned nationwide industrial action for two weeks over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price in the country. Sen.  Christ Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this while reading a joint communique on the resolution of the Trade Dispute between the...

  The Federal Government on Saturday appealed to organised Labour to shelve its planned strike, saying it will only bring more hardship to ordinary Nigerian. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal in Lagos at a meeting with the Online Publishers in Lagos The Nigeria...

  The Federal Government has warned civil servants not to obey the call for industrial action by labour unions. A statement from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, in Abuja on Friday reminded them that there is a court injunction restraining...

The meeting between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour over the recent hike in fuel price and electricity tariff has been postponed till Monday, Sept. 28, for further deliberation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Labour leaders and the Federal Government had met in Abuja on Thursday to...

The Federal Government will meet with the organized labour on Thursday to resolve the impasse caused by the recent increase in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on Tuesday resolved to organize a nationwide protest against the...

  Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has finalized plan to stage a nationwide rally on September 28 to protest the increase in the prices of petrol and electricity tariff. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC on Tuesday endorsed the decision of the Central Working Committee (CWC) which resolved to...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government two weeks to reverse the increases in the price of petrol and electricity tariffs or face industrial action from 28 September 2020. This comes as the Federal Government expressed optimism about an early resolution of the brewing industrial crisis. The...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the increase in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol from N148. 50 per liter to N151.56 per litre. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while reacting to the increase in the price of petrol on...

The Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s directive authorising banks to ring-fence collection accounts of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria is counter productive. Its General Secretary, Mr Joe Ajaero, said on Tuesday in Lagos that the directive would result to operational and over head cost...