The Nigeria Labour Congress, Ebonyi State chapter has congratulated Governor David Umahi on his reelection and urged him to give more priority to workers’ welfare during his second tenure.
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The Peoples Democratic Party still owes Nigerians explanation on how it expended the humongous resources that accrued to the country from oil sales between 1999 and 2014, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
The Ogun State government has reinstated the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Akeem Ambali, 28 months after he was fired.
The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has approved the reinstatement of the dismissed Chairman of the state branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Akeem Ambali, into the State Local Government Service.
The Niger government has declared Friday, March 8, a work-free day to enable civil servants travel to their local government areas to vote in the governorship and state houses of assembly elections holding on Saturday, March 9.
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has said it must rescue Ogun State workers from some alleged anti-labour practices of the state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory in Saturday’s poll.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, gave the congratulations in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
Wabba said Buhari is the second person to get reelected since the return to civilian rule in 1999.
He said: “We also wish to congratulate other candidates for their participation and urge them to accept the outcome of the election, and adherence to the peace accord they signed before the election.
“The electioneering campaign although bitterly fought and the election itself keenly contested, we urge the President-elect and any aggrieved party to put first the interest of the nation.
“We reiterate that no candidate’s victory or loss is worth the life or property of anyone.
“Mr President won in 2015 on his campaign promise to fight corruption, restore security and grow the economy. From his reelection, this may have boded well with the greater majority of the people who voted for him.
“Nonetheless, his reelection avails him a great opportunity to reflect on and reassess this vision, strategy and implementation as well as enables him to complete pending projects and initiate new ones where feasible.”
Wabba said the NLC on its part would work with the social partners, government and organised private sector to ensure Nigerians, especially, workers get dividends of democracy as at when due.
He said: “Workers-pensioner-issues, especially salaries, pensions and welfare will continue to dominate our engagement with government.
“We commend INEC for organising the election in spite of the initial glitches. It should speedily correct the lapses identified so far in order for it to conduct more credible elections in the future.
“Finally, our most profound commendation goes to the millions of Nigerians who defied all odds to perform their civic duty.
“Similarly, our deep condolences go to the families of those who lost their lives. We demand that the culprits be brought to book in accordance with our laws.”
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Ibrahim Magu, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Committee, has decried the new tactics being used by looters of the nation’s commonwealth to escape the long arm of the law.
The Nigeria Labour Congress in Jigawa on Saturday donated relief materials to the victims of 2018 flood disasters in Guri Local Government Area of the state.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Zimbabwean Government to release detained leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and 39 others arrested for participating in protest march over fuel price increase.
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