By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent In a bid to reposition Cross River State Civil Service, Governor Bassey Otu has sought a cordial working relationship with the Organized Labour in the State. The purpose of the meeting held inside the Governor’s Lodge in Calabar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, was geared toward optimal performance and
By Jonathan Ugbal The strike action proposed by the Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC over the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as fuel, has been called off following engagements of both labor centers and the Federal Government. Dozens of National Unions yesterday voted to join the
By Vanguard Newspaper Mr. Monday Ogbodum, Chairman of the Cross River chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), disclosed that no civil servant in the state was promoted by Sen. Ben Ayade-led administration in the last seven years. Ogbodum spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Calabar on a wide range of issues as it affected
By Toba Agboola, The Nation The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government that it will resist its plan to criminalize peaceful protests. Its President, Joe Ajaero, in an Easter message, charged Nigerians to protest within the ambit of the law when they feel short-changed. “We shall resist any attempt to criminalize our
By Ogar Monday The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has endorsed the presidential ambition of Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party in this Saturday’s general election. The trade union in a release signed by Comrade Chris Uyot, National Secretary of NLC’s National Political Commission, asked all workers and members of affiliate unions to mobilize and
The Nigeria Labour Congress duly informed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of the decision of the Ministry’s Office of the Registrar of Trade Unions to reject the four years audited reports of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole of The Punch Newspaper reports. The Punch Newspaper reports that ASUU had accused the Federal
By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report The Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC in Cross River State has joined its members across the country to protest the unwillingness of the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU; Colleges of Education Academic Staff
By Great Ozozoyin, DailyPost Listen To The Report The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented the alleged refusal of Taraba, Zamfara, Cross River, and Abia states to implement the approved national minimum wage of N30,000. This was lucidly demonstrated today at the ongoing 110 Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, when the