The Labour Party, LP, has declared that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero and Comrade SOZ Ejiofor, will not be allowed to interfer with the party’s internal matters. The LP said both Ejiofor and Ajaero are not members of the party. A statement signed by the spokesman of the party, Obiora Ifoh, urged […]
NLC-LP crisis: ‘Don’t use labour platform for political ambitions’ – Abure warns Ajaero
The national chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, has cautioned the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, against using the NLC platform, funds, and resources to pursue his ambition of either becoming the president of Nigeria in 2027 or the governor of Imo State. Abure made this assertion in Asaba, […]
Resign as NLC President to contest LP chairmanship, party tells Ajaero
Resign as NLC President to contest chairmanship, your rascality destructive – LP fires back at Ajaero
The Labour Party has charged the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, to resign and contest for the chairmanship position of the party if he’s interested. LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said Ajaero’s rascality had destroyed the successes already recorded by the NLC. Ifoh was reacting to a letter written by […]
NLC hails Industrial Court judgement affirming NURTW leadership
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has described the National Industrial Court Judgement affirming Comrade Baruwa as the lawful President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, as gratifying. Recall that the Federal Government and the leadership of the NLC had been at loggerheads over a plot to unseat the current […]
We earn starvation wages in Nigeria – NLC President Ajaero
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said what federal and state government employees currently earn is best described as starvation wage. Civil servants in federal and state government payrolls currently earn a minimum of N30,000 per month but a committee assembled by the Federal Government is currently fashioning a review of […]
Wage award: ‘Stop the propaganda’ – Makinde tells NLC President, Ajaero
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has told the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero to stop spreading propaganda. Makinde said contrary to Ajaero’s claim, states are paying wage awards to workers. The governor spoke on Tuesday while addressing members of the NLC and other protesters who converged on the Total […]
‘Protest’ll hold as planned’ – NLC President Ajaero
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has insisted that its planned Tuesday and Wednesday protests over “mounting hunger and insecurity” in Nigeria will go on. NLC President Joe Ajaero disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Ajaero accused the Federal Government of allegedly trying to use an amorphous group, the Nigeria Civil Society Forum, NCSF, to […]
Inflation: Devise way to review workers’ salaries every year – NLC tells FG
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has bemoaned the inflationary trend in the country, suggesting that the Federal Government should devise a mechanism for the yearly review of wages, especially the national minimum wage. Ajaero stated this yesterday at the 2nd National Labour Adjudication and Arbitration Forum, organised by the National […]
Why Nigerian govt should consider N1m as minimum wage – NLC President, Ajaero
The National Labour Congress, NLC, president, Joe Ajaero, says the Federal Government should look at N1 million as monthly minimum wage if inflation and other economic indicators worsen. Ajaero disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with Arise Television. According to the NLC president, the new minimum wage must reflect the country’s economic conditions, adding […]