The subscribers, who invaded the venue of the debate, carried different placards with various inscriptions
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Omar spoke at a briefing on the ongoing strike by NUPENG and PENGASSAN on Tuesday that it was the refusal of government to fulfill agreements reached with the unions that led to the strike
Omar told newsmen: “We have been watching with very keen interest the activities of the Labour Party in the recent time and we are concerned with the fixing of date, supervision and hosting of the party’s convention
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the National President of the congress, Malam Abdulwahed Omar
The NLC President, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Omar, made this known at a stakeholders meeting organised by NERC in Abuja on Tuesday
The statement, issued on Monday, thus called for a probe into security operations in the North East, which has been the hotbed of the activities of Islamist sect, Boko Haram
Omar said in the statement that the marketers had no reasons to close down fuel stations as there were no issues of national interests in dispute
Omar made the appeal while speaking at the 2014 National Conference of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Abuja on Wednesday
The statement said the NLC was disturbed by the announcement that the Bureau of Public Enterprises had concluded plans to privatise the refineries
This was contained in a statement issued by the NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, in Abuja, saying that the congress is concerned with the prolonged strike
This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the CWC, signed by the NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, and the Acting General-Secretary, Chris Uyot
The NLC also condemned the attacks on Michika, Madagali and Shua, in Adamawa and Borno States respectively and urged the Federal Government to stop the audacity of the Boko Haram sect
Some of the leaders who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, said that casualisation was mostly practiced in the private sector
Omar, who was represented by Benson Uppah, an official of the union, said the current process and time for the impeachment of the president and his deputy was cumbersome and not intended to achieve its aim
“We believe if not for the criminal neglect, this accident would not have happened. Also the executive recklessness on the part of the Kogi Government is glaring. This is said to be the third time that the same convoy is getting involved in accidents”, he said
Abdulwaheed Omar, the NLC President, made the appeal at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the congress in Kaduna
Omar called on both the government and the striking lecturers to resume negotiations, especially in the interest of the students and for the future of the country
Omar gave warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday and added that those involved in the controversy in the state should act within the law in the interest of the people
Omar said: “We call on the Federal Government to have meaningful dialogue with ASUU with a view to implementing the agreement
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at a press briefing told newsmen that the development was capable of eroding the earning power of Nigeria’s vulnerable workers