Estimated Reading Time: 1Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has declared the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba wanted, over a strike action that has all but paralysed the economy of the north-western state.The 5-day warning strike across all sectors of the state’s economy, commenced on Monday,[Read More…]
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ASUU joins NLC strike in Kaduna in solidarity
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr Peter Adamu gave the directive in a circular to the members of the union, issued[Read More…]
Kaduna Strike: El-Rufai accuses NLC of ‘unlawful practice’
Estimated Reading Time: 1 The Kaduna State Government has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of unlawful actions and assaults on the rights of other people in the state as the labour union kicked off a 5-day warning strike. Part of the unlawful activities levied against the NLC included shutting[Read More…]
Kaduna Strike: ‘El-Rufai never believes he is wrong but we will compel him’ – NLC
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Nigerian Labour Congress has revealed that it is engaging in the five-day warning strike to not just protest against the Kaduna State government’s decision to disengage thousands of civil servants in the state but to also correct the state Governor, Nasi El-Rufai for anti-people policies. The[Read More…]
Aviation workers to shut down Kaduna airport from Sunday
Estimated Reading Time: 1Aviation workers in Kaduna say they will ithdraw their services at the Kaduna airport from Sunday, May 16 to Friday, May 21. The strike notice was made in a joint letter signed by Ocheme Aba, NUATE general secretary; Rasaq Saidu, ANAP general secretary; and Umoh Ofonime, NAAPE[Read More…]
Workers in Kaduna to begin strike on Monday as over 20,000 remain unpaid
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State Council, says over 20,000 state workers have not received their April salaries. According to the Chairman, NLC Kaduna State Council, Ayuba Suileman, workers in the state would begin a five-day warning strike on Monday because of the mass sacking of over[Read More…]
NUPENG to shut down services in Kaduna from May 16
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to shut down services in Kaduna State with effect from May 16. NUPENG’s General Secretary, Mr Afolabi Olawale, gave the directive in a letter addressed to Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of NUPENG on[Read More…]
‘Insufficient funds not an excuse for not paying salaries’ – NLC President
Estimated Reading Time: 2President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has called out State Governors for using insufficient funds as an excuse not to pay worker’s salaries. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV on Monday morning, Wabba said Governors and other political office holders earn their money illegitimately[Read More…]
Employers not paying N30k minimum wage are breaking the law – Labour Minister
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says any employer paying its employee below N30,000 was breaking the law. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he said “If you read the Act well, you will see the applicability of the Act. The[Read More…]
UCH Ibadan resident doctors begin strike
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, has embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid four months salaries of some members. Dr Temitope Hussein, who spoke with journalists, on Saturday in Ibadan, said the strike was to protest non-payment of January, February, March[Read More…]
