The protest is also a fallout from the negotiation meetings between the workers union and the federal government which ended in deadlock as the
NLC Protest In Abuja Against Hike In Fuel Price
The protest is also a fallout from the negotiation meetings between the workers union and the federal government which ended in deadlock as the
Michael Jackson’s father has been hospitalised again
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EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappears from radar
There were 56 passengers, seven crew members and three security men on board the Airbus A320, EgyptAir said, adding that the passengers
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Fuel Price Hike: Wabba-Led NLC Says Strike Commences Wednesday
According to our correspondent at the venue of the meeting, the NLC delegation to the meeting, led by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, walked out of the
Uproar in House as Kachikwu defends fuel price increase
- PDP lawmakers oppose N145 per litre regime
- DSS meets labour leaders, marketers as security tops agenda
- Fuel scarcity hits aviation sector
The House of Representatives was in an uproar yesterday following a protest by members of the minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the recent increase in the price of petrol.
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Labour to negotiate minimum wage separately from fuel price hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have said negotiations for the new minimum wage would be treated separately from the ongoing agitation against fuel price hike.
Speaking on the sideline of the mobilization for national strike against the fuel price hike in Abuja, the President of TUC, Bobboi Kaigama, explained that the two issues are separate hence the decision of the labour movement to treat them
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Army trains 65 Customs on enforcement, physical fitness
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Police rescues kidnapped boy, arrests suspect in Abuja
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FG to propose N45,000 wage, meets labour today
• Workers to reject downsizing of public work force
• Fuel scarcity persists despite price hike
• Naira may exchange for N283 to dollar
Three days to the threatened mass action against government’s increase in the price of petrol, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government would meet organised labour today in Abuja over the issue, dangling a carrot before labour leaders.
The Guardian learnt that at the meeting slated for 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Federal Government will be coming to the parley with the proposal for a new minimum wage that is fixed at N45, 000.But the increase comes with some provisos including reduction in the number of civil servants and merging ministries and agencies.
• Fuel scarcity persists despite price hike
• Naira may exchange for N283 to dollar
Three days to the threatened mass action against government’s increase in the price of petrol, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government would meet organised labour today in Abuja over the issue, dangling a carrot before labour leaders.The Guardian learnt that at the meeting slated for 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Federal Government will be coming to the parley with the proposal for a new minimum wage that is fixed at N45, 000.But the increase comes with some provisos including reduction in the number of civil servants and merging ministries and agencies.
