The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress led by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, and that of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Festus Usifo, held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu Wednesday night at the State House, Abuja. President Tinubu according to his spokesman, Dele Alake, gave his commitment to the Labour leaders that the Port Harcourt refineries will start production by December 2023 after the completion of the ongoing rehabilitation contract between NNPCL and Italian firm, Maire Tecnimont SpA. “Consequent upon the fruitful and frank discussion with President Tinubu and their confidence in his ability to encourage open and…
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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has spoken about the outcome of the meeting with President Bola Tinubu following the Wednesday’s nationwide protest. According to NLC President Joe Ajaero, who provided details on the meeting, Tinubu guaranteed Nigerians that his administration will make sure that one of the nation’s dormant refineries started operating by December. He said the president also pledged to ensure that agreement is reached on the wage award for Nigerian workers immediately. According to him, Tinubu similarly promised to unveil a workable roadmap to the CNG alternative next week. He said they would return…
A former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has knocked the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) president, Joe Ajaero, over the ongoing nationwide fuel subsidy removal protest. The condemnation by the self-aclaimed “Table Shaker” was made on his verified Facebook page monitored on Wednesday. He wondered how the NLC president who had openly aligned with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Mr Peter Obi, can be fair with the call for nationwide protest Omokri also noted that the strike is needless since the federal government had agreed to increase the minimum wage of…
President Bola Tinubu, has appointed an additional ministerial nominees in a list forwarded to the Senate for screening and confirmation. Senate President Godwill Akpabio announced the names of the second batch of the President’s ministerial nominees during the ministerial screening on Wednesday. The former Speaker, House of Representatives and the Chief of staff to Tinubu, Femi Gbajiabiamila had, earlier on Wednesday, submitted the remaining list of ministerial nominees to the Senate. The list is a completion of the remaining eleven states that have not been alloted a ministerial slot. 1. AHMED TIJJANI 2. BOSUN TIJJANI 3. DR MARYAM…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it has recovered $22.8 million and N115.5 billion for multiplicity of charges imposed on customers by the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) over the past 11 years. Its Director of Corporate Communications, Dr. Isa Abdulmumin disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital at the 2023 CBN Fair with ‘Promoting Alternative Payment Chanels as Tools for Financial Inclusion’ as theme. Abdulmumin said the monies were recovered from the banks in response to various complaints lodged by their customers ranging from excess charges being deducted from their bank account He stated that the…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded that the national minimum wage be increased to N200,000. NLC members made the call while protesting the removal of the subsidy on fuel. The protesters converged on the Ikeja under-bridge in Lagos State, where they lamented the high cost of living caused by the hike in the pump price of fuel. In a new development, the leaders of the 2 organised labour however meet President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes just hours after the unions followed through on their plans to protest the economic hardship triggered by…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has submitted President Bola Tinubu’s additional ministerial list to the Senate. At precisely 3:19 p.m. on Wednesday, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives sent Senate President Godswill Akpabio the second list of ministerial nominations. Gbajabiamila had last Thursday submitted the first list with 28 nominees to the red chamber and said more names would be sent to the lawmakers soon.
Angry Protesters on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly Complex in Abuja and pulled down the first gate to gain entrance into the premises. The organised labour, tled by the leaders of Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress jas earlier asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the gate to allow the workers to express their displeasure. Following the failure of the security officials to adhere, angry protesters pulled down the gate and subsequently moved to the second gate of the Assembly Complex. The Organised Labour including the…
Many small businesses earn N223,250 in monthly revenue, a new study from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Financial Access Initiative research center of New York University has revealed. Nigerian businesses make less money than businesses in the other nations, claims the report. It claimed that less than N223,250 in monthly income (PPP USD 1,547) was earned by half of the businesses it surveyed. This is about half (46 per cent) of the firms surveyed reported, holding a loan of some kind, most of which were from informal sources, including suppliers, friends, and family. The report, titled, ‘Nigeria small…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and other states of the Federation, have seen the beginning of the Organised Labour’s protest against the “anti-people” policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration. The state who according to reports were Lagos, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ogun, Imo, Ondo, and Edo, In Abuja, members of the Organised Labour with different paraphernalia of the unions, on Wednesday morning, gathered at the iconic Unity Fountain for the protest. NLC members protest “anti-poor” people policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration in Kano State on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Photo: Sadiq Ilyas Some…
Police officers have arrested several people including high-ranking soldiers in Sierra Leone, suspected to be planning violent attacks on citizens. This was disclosed by the police in a statement that, “The security sector has been following intelligence regarding the activities of certain individuals, including senior military officers, working to undermine the peace and tranquillity of the state.” In that regard, several arrests have been made and the suspects are assisting the police with the investigations.” It said the suspects planned to use peaceful protests scheduled for next week “as a guise to unleash violent attacks against state institutions and peaceful…
Members of the House of Representatives have promised to hasten the passage of an upward review of the minimum wage once it is presented to the National Assembly by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, made this known to journalist on Tuesday, in Abuja. He said “The House also welcomes the planned upward review of the national minimum wage and will consider and approve once transmitted to the National Assembly by the Presidency. “On our part in the House of Representatives, we will closely monitor every MDA that will be…