Browsing: Joe Ajaero

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, expressed his support for the planned protest at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters and offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies across the country on Monday over the increase in electricity tariff. The Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, had […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the newly introduced cybersecurity levy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, demanding its immediate withdrawal. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, the NLC lamented that the levy is another anti-people policy of the government amid excruciating economic hardship. The statement read, “The Nigeria Labour Congress, vehemently condemns […]

The leaders of the Labour Party cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday, advising them not to attempt to take control of the political stage. They stated that the Congress does not have the authority to remove Julius Abure from the National Working Committee as they declared recently. The party responded to the resolution made on Monday by the NLC Political Commission during a stakeholders meeting.

The Nigeria Labour Congress leadership has pledged to not acknowledge Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party after his re-election. Abure was re-elected as the party's national chairman at a national convention in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Wednesday. The convention also re-elected all members of the party's executive.

A former President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, said on Thursday that the Labour Party was established by the NLC as a platform for union members to exercise and defend their rights. Wabba spoke amidst the power struggle between the NLC and the Labour Party. On Wednesday, NLC members, acting on the […]

The troubled leader of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, expressed sadness on Thursday that the party suffered the loss of valuable assets and staff wages due to the intrusion by protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress. Abure stated this in a release in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh. […]

Abayomi Arabambi, who is the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, criticized the entry into the party's office by the Nigeria Labour Congress leadership, led by Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday. Arabambi thinks that Ajaero should be arrested by the security agents for treason because he was allegedly plotting a political rebellion against the Federal Government, as he reportedly aimed to accomplish.

Today, the Nigeria Labour Congress went to the national headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja to oppose the party’s upcoming national convention at the end of this month. The union also called for the removal of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. The NLC leadership accused Abure of intending to hold a “secret” convention […]

The leadership crisis in the Labour Party took a new turn on Saturday after the National Working Committee of the opposition party accused the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, of desperately trying to replace its National Chairman, Julius Abure. The accusation was in response to an open letter written on Friday by […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress has distanced itself from the N500,000 proposed as the new minimum wage. The NLC clarified that it has not taken a position on the amount to be submitted to the tripartite committee. The committee is responsible for setting a new minimum wage for workers. President of NLC, …