A SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) – COMRADE JOE AJAERO AND TRADE UNION CONGRESS (TUC) – COMRADE FESTUS OSIFO AT THE 2025 MAY-DAY CELEBRATIONS HOLDING IN EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA Protocols! Comrades, Friends and fellow workers; We stand before you this day at a critical moment in our nation’s […]
STOP THIS ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY NOW. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) unequivocally condemn Mr. President’s hasty and unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. This action blatantly violates the provisions of Part II, Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and constitutes an […]
The organised labour in Nigeria says governments over the years have put in place measures or policies that directly impeded all freedom and right of workers to associate. Addressing the media on the sideline of the on going one hundred and eleventh Session of the International Labour Conference ILC, in Geneva, Switzerland, President of the […]
Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned Bayo Onanuga, media aide to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to desist from making inciting comments against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and creating problems for labour and the incoming government. TUC gave the warning in a statement, yesterday, by its National President, Festus Osifo and Secretary General, Nuhu Toro. The warning followed […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) says Nigerian workers and the two labour centres — Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and TUC, have a right to be politically partisan to safeguard their collective interests. The TUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, and Secretary General, Mr Nuhu Toro, made the assertion in a statement on Tuesday. The […]
On Tuesday, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held a session in Lagos and ordered for the resumption of activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State. Justice Maureen Esowe voided the Lagos State Parks Administrator Caretaker Committee. The judge ruled that the suspension of the national union’s operations […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has expressed their disapproval of the forceful seizure of the Labour Party National Secretariat in Abuja. A group within the party had taken control of the secretariat and demanded the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, citing a court order from the FCT High Court. The […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has observed with dismay some seeming infractions and non-adherence to laid down rules that characterized the just conducted presidential election. Election processes all over the world are governed by laws and laid down rules that are pre-defined before the process commences. The credibility of any election process is based […]