The NEC of Congress in session on Friday 16th 2024, ordered a 2-Day Nationwide Protest to join Nigerians in demonstrating outrage over the massive suffering and hunger facing the masses and workers as a result of the policies of the government to hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and float the Naira.
“Living wage is such that will, at least, keep you alive. It is not a wage that will make you poorer and poorer. It is not a wage that will make you borrow to go to work. It is not a wage that will lead you to be in the hospital every day because of malnutrition. For that living wage, we have tried to look at N615,000. “Let me give you a breakdown of how we arrived at that figure. We have housing and accommodation of
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress leaders, in separate interviews on Tuesday, lamented the harsh economic situation which had been compounded by the twin burdens of the electricity tariff hike and high fuel pump prices. As the unions expressed concern about the economic hardship, queues at fuel stations worsened on Tuesday as a result of petrol scarcity. Many workers and students, who could not get to their destinations, were stranded.
The National Union of Air Transport Employees has threatened to picket offices of airlines operating in the country that have refused to allow their staff to join trade unions of their choice. NUATE noted that it was against labour law for airlines to refuse their employees the right to join any union of their choice. Speaking at a peaceful protest tagged ‘National Campaign for the Unionization of Private Domestic Airlines in Nigeria’ at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Monday, the National President of NUATE,
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission announced the hike in the electricity tariff for Band A customers at a press briefing in Abuja, on April 3, revealing that those affected would pay N225 per kilowatt-hour, up from the previous rate of N68/kWh, representing about 240 per cent increase. Subsidy on electricity was withdrawn completely from the tariff of customers in the Band A category, who constituted about 15 per cent of the total 12.82 million power consumers across the country.