Nigeria Labour Congress

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NLC declares nationwide strike (Daily Post Nigeria)

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next.

“Workers are directed to stay at home too because people cannot eat, workers can no longer go to the office, we have been pushed to the wall, we have decided to take our destiny in our hands, we have mobilised our workers for this exercise,” Ajaero stated. “Last week, we gave an ultimatum for the review of the cash crunch bedeviling the country, but we have discovered to our dismay that as at this moment not much effort has been made to ameliorate the situation, the government is still foot dragging on these issues we raised. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the Nigeria Labour Congress should also be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, nationwide.

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BREAKING: NLC to embark on nationwide strike over naira scarcity (TheCable)

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next week.

“We have decided to take our destiny in our hands, we have mobilised our workers on this exercise.” Speaking with journalists, Ajaero said the industrial action became the last resolve of the NLC following the expiration of the ultimatum. Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, gave the directive at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

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Naira Scarcity: Nigeria Labour Congress Orders Workers To Occupy ... (The Nigerian Voice)

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed workers in the country to occupy all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide starting ...

The NLC leader said workers would be directed to stay at home if the CBN failed to make the naira notes available to Nigerians. He held that the shutdown of CBN offices became necessary due to the naira scarcity and the attendant challenges it has brought to the way of Nigerians. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed workers in the country to occupy all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide starting from next week.

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JUST-IN: NLC To Picket CBN Offices Nationwide Over Naira Scarcity (Leadership Newspaper)

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to shut down all Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices nationwide over the inability of the apex bank to make cash.

The protest, which is expected to start next week, followed the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum given to the federal government by the Congress, for the CBN and commercial banks in Nigeria to end the current cash crunch. In his acceptance speech a month ago, Ajaero vowed to mobilise workers against the dual challenge of fuel and naira scarcity if the federal government fail to address the issues. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to shut down all Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices nationwide over the inability of the apex bank to make cash available for Nigerians.

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Cash Scarcity: NLC Orders Workers to Embark on Strike (Business Post Nigeria)

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

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NLC Declares nationwide Strike over Cash Crunch – Nigeria News (TVC News)

The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed public sector workers in the country to commence an indefinite strike from Wednesday next week.

January 2023), the average retail price increased by 2.58per cent from N257.12. Its data entitled: “Premium Motor Spirit Price Watch +February 2023),” said : “The average retail price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) for the month of February 2023 was N263.76, indicating a 54.76per cent increase when compared to the value recorded in January 2022 (N170.42).” In a similar document, NBS said the average price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) rose by 54.76per cent from N170.42 in January 2022 to N263.76 in February 2023. The Bureau also noted that on the zonal profile, the South-East zone had the highest average retail price of N306.86, while the North-Central zone had the lowest price of N215.01. Its document entitled: “Automotive Gas Oil Price Watch (February 2023),” said the “average retail price of Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) paid by consumers increased by 168.26per cent yearly from a lower cost of N311.98 per litre recorded in the corresponding month of last year to a higher cost of N836.91 per litre in February 2023.” On the other side, said NBS, Niger State, Plateau State and Abuja had the lowest average retail prices for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol), at N198.50, N198.71 and N200.00, respectively. According to the Bureau, looking at the variations in the State prices, the top three States with the highest average price of the product in February 2023 include Bauchi (N904.33), Abuja (N885.00) and Adamawa (N873.33). According to the data, likewise, comparing the average price value with the previous month (.i.e. The National of Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said the average price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also known as diesel, rose by 168.26 per cent from N311.98 in February 2022 to N828.82 in February 2023. Continuing, NBS revealed that the zonal representation of average price of Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) shows that North Central has the highest price of N850.65 while South-South zone has the lowest price N814.63 when compared with other zones. NBS noted that on a month-on-month basis, an increase of 0.98per cent was recorded from N828.82 in the preceding month of January to an average of N836.91 in February 2023. It further explained that the top three lowest prices were recorded in the following State namely, Bayelsa (N767.14), Katsina (N778.75) and Edo (N789.43).

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NLC directs members to cripple activities at CBN offices nationwide ... (Daily Trust)

NLC directs members to cripple activities at CBN offices nationwide. ]The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, directed all workers to ...

The political situation is self inflicted and the economic situation is worst than the political situation because people cannot eat.” No moves have been made to reduce the suffering of Nigerians. People can no longer have access to the currency and the government seems to be very adamant on this.

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[UPDATED] Naira scarcity: NLC declares nationwide strike, protests ... (The Punch)

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday directed all workers to protest at all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide ...

“Based on this, we met again this morning to review our position and resolved that by Wednesday next week all CBN branches will be picketed. The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday officially declared a nationwide strike over the scarcity of cash in the country. Government is still foot-dragging on these issues we raised,” Ajaero said.

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BREAKING: NLC directs workers to shutdown CBN offices ... (The Nation Newspaper)

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday directed all workers to picket all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria nationwide.

The organisation said it would direct workers to stay at home if the apex bank failed to make the naira notes available to Nigerians. The NLC last week gave the CBN and commercial banks a one week ultimatum to make naira notes available to workers and Nigerians. The labour leader said the directive became imperative following the expiration of one week ultimatum given to the apex bank to make cash available for Nigerians.

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NLC to begin nationwide strike over cash crunch (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has directed its branches across the 36 states of the federation to begin mobilisation for industrial action over the.

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NLC threatens strike as CBN orders banks to come for old notes (Guardian)

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers to embark on a nationwide strike beginning from next Wednesday. Its president, Joe Ajaero, ...

It, accordingly, resolved to ask the NNPC/ FGN to normalise the fuel supply situation. He also directed the affiliates to get set for picketing of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) branches across the federation. It reads: “CWC said poor implementation of the Naira re-design policy has caused considerable pain and hardship to the people.

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Naira scarcity: NLC set for nationwide strike (Internatinal Centre For Investigative Reporting)

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike to protest the cash scarcity in the country. The strike is scheduled to commence on ...

“Based on this, we met again this morning to review our position and resolved that by Wednesday next week, all CBN branches will be picketed. Government is still foot-dragging on these issues we raised,” Ajaero said. The NLC had earlier issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the petrol and cash scarcity in the country. THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike to protest the cash scarcity in the country. The industrial action, according to Ajaero, became the last resort for the labour union after the expiration of the ultimatum the congress issued to the Federal Government over the naira crisis. As part of the strike, the NLC would picket all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide.

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We support NLC's proposed nationwide strike — Anambra CAN (Vanguard)

As the ongoing federal government's cashless policy, naira currency redesign and currency swap continued to bite harder on average Nigerians, the Christian ...

“INEC failed Nigerians woefully even when they collected huge amount if monies running into billions of naira for a free and fair processes. Currently swap, as a policy is expected that government should print new naira notes so that if you bring your old naira notes, they will swap it with the new ones”. ” African and Western countries that are practising cashless economy usually build infrastructures first of all upon which the system would run smoothly but in the present policy on cashless economy in Nigeria, the federal government did not consider infrastructures such as the system that will enhance free flow of cash through the internet “.

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