Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba said private and public employers in the country were convinced that the N18,000 national minimum wage was no longer realistic, considering the present socio-economic indices in the country. His statement came a few days after the Technical Committee on...

The Federaal Government and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have reached a consensus to review the National Minimum Wage. The President of LNC, Mr Ayuba Wabba, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said that the consensus was...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has reaffirmed the commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to the enhancement of the welfare of Nigerian workers by ensuring that employers of labour at all levels comply with the Minimum Wage Act. The minister...

Workers in the country will not allow the governments at all levels to make them sacrificial lambs of the current economic recession, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has said. In his New Year message, Wabba said the present minimum wage...

• Calls for thorough investigation of Patience Jonathan, states, LGAs As economic hardship takes a heavy toll on Nigerians, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) confronted President Muhammadu Buhari over the perennial buck passing and blaming of the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for the country’s...

...Labour demands wage increase, prompt payment of salary As the economic recession bites harder, spelling acute hardship for Nigerians, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sunday sought to downplay rising worries over their wellbeing and asked the people to be calm as the economy would...