Labour Business

MEDIATRACNET The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to join the global outrage against the entrenchment of military dictatorship in Myanmar. In separate letters to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the leadership of the National Assembly as part of the celebration of…

MEDIATRACNET The Nigeria Labour Congress has criticized the recent announcement of a slash in domestic gas prices for electricity generation, describing the decision as not representative of the agreement between Labour and the government on the issue. Again, the NLC frowned at the lack of noticeable impact of the reduction…

By Bassey Udo The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Friday granted an interim injunction vide an application by the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) to restrain the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mohammed Nami, and the Board from going ahead with its decision to proscribe the…

MEDIATRACNET Industrial crisis may be looming in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as the Board of the tax agency on Sunday announced the dissolution of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) in the Service with immediate effect. The FIRS said in a statement by its spokesperson, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad,…

MEDIATRACNET Rising cost of living in the country has rendered the National Minimum Wage grossly inadequate to meet the socio-economic challenges facing average worker, the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) has said. The President of the Association, Mohammad Yunusa, raised the alarm over rising…

MEDIATRACNET For failing to comply with the directive to update their official details on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), the Federal Government has stopped the payment of the salaries of 331 civil servants. The Permanent Secretary, Career Management office in the Office of the Head of the…

Despite a truce brokered by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Labour Clngress (NLC) has accused Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai of sustaining the arbitrary sack of thousands of workers in the State Public Service without recourse to Nigerian labour laws. In a petition to the president, the NLC President, Ayuba…

Organised Labour has described the recent proposal by the 36 State governors for an astronomical hike in the price of refined petroleum products by about 300 percent as “the height of provocation, arbitrariness, detachment and insensitivity to the current economic realities in the country.” The Council therefore warned of a…

Normal supply of electricity was restored in Kaduna State on Wednesday by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) following the decision by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend the five- day warning strike embarked by the workers in the state. Last Sunday, the TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah announced protesting…