Kaigama said: “We wish to state that the recent appointment of Permanent Secretaries from outside the Civil Service contravened the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
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The Congress in a statement on Thursday, said it is worried by the unbridled greed and quest for materialism demonstrated by most governors and politicians, especially at this time when the country is experiencing major economic crunch and workers are being owed their entitlements
We are pained by the fact that the causes of the struggle of today were the same things the likes of late Michael Imoudu, Wahab Goodluck, Ali Chiroma, Hassan Sumonu, M.E Kolagbodi, Chima Ubani, Olaitan Oyerinde, Bamidele Aturu, Claude Ake, Eskoor Toyo, Prof. Bade Onimode, our beloved Festus Iyayi to mention but a few staked out their lives for
“We find the high incidence of conflict between the military, the police and members of MIN rather nauseating. It simply must not be allowed to happen again,” said the Congress
The governors blamed it on the poor state of the economy, which was heightened by the dwindling prices of oil.
The TUC said in the communique that the statement attributed to the governors was diversionary, as minimum wage was due for upward review
Rising from its National Executive Council meeting in Lagos on Friday, the TUC also frowned at the handling of the Treasury Single Account by the government
The TUC said as a responsible organisation interested in the progress of the country, it considers it critical for all its organs to meet and take a position on these issues and subsequently publish its resolutions for the benefit of the government and people at all levels
Saddened by revelations of the arrest of the former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, by the British authorities and the amount of money that was said to be in her possession, as well as reports that many other government officers have generously helped themselves to the public till, the TUC emphasised the need to verify the financial and material statuses of each nominee before they are allowed to assume such high offices
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government over its planned cleanup of oil-polluted Ogoniland, resuscitation of…
It said it was worrisome that petrol now sells for as high as N120 depending on which part of the country the buyer is
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja, the TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama, urged the congress to put its house in order to avoid another election disruption
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has called for calm over the postponement of the 2015 general elections by six…
Kaigama told newsmen on Wednesday in Jalingo, Taraba State that the union had already sent its demands to the National Salaries and Wages Commission for consideration
This plea was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Congress National Executive Council meeting in Lagos
In a communiqué jointly signed by the President of the union, Bobboi Kaigama, and the National Secretary, Musa Lawal, the TUC said this was necessary before a follow-up action
The union, in a statement on Wednesday, said the attitude of some officers and men of the police who confronted a team set up by the Federal Government on pipeline vandalisation in Lagos last week, has raised the suspicion that the police knows more about the economic sabotage
NERC announced the increase on Tuesday in Abuja.
But the TUC, in a statement on Wednesday, faulted the move by NERC
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the report credited to the Chairman of the Committee on Devolution of Power at the ongoing National Conference, Victor Attah.
“He was quoted as saying the committee had decided to transfer all labour matters from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list
May Day celebration (or Workers Day as it is called in some other countries) is a symbolic reflection on the sacrifices made by the global working class in the historic fight for decent working hours which culminated in the execution of four unionists in Chicago, Illinois on 11th of November, 1887
The NLM, which consists of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress, described the attack as against the nation’s labour movement