The meeting, which lasted for about seven hours, had in attendance former Presidents of the NLC – Adams Oshiomole, Ali Chiroma and Hassan Sunmonu – and other veterans of the Congress
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The leadership of the NLC and the delegates are currently locked in a meeting with a view to seeing how the election crisis could be resolved
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on February 7 announced the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections from February 14 to March 28
Ezekwesili, a former Vice President of the World Bank for Africa Region, also said the 11th National Delegates Conference slated for February 9 to 11, must be free and fair
The subscribers, who invaded the venue of the debate, carried different placards with various inscriptions
At a press conference in Jos, the state Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Jibril Bancir, described as disturbing a situation where government signs an agreement with labour on the issues of six months salary arrears and up till now is yet to open discussion on the issue with the organized labour after failing to implement it
The NLC pointedly declared that the N10 price slash only translates to 10.3 per cent compared to 33 per cent price reduction in most countries
According to Nze, the pump price reduction is necessary following the dwindling price of crude oil at the international market
Speaking at the ground breaking of the Labour House in Benin City, Oshiomhole said Nigeria is being run in a directionless manner and the labour movement must show more interest in the national discourse so that the ship of state can be steered in the right direction
According to him, their purchasing power is being affected by the devaluation of the naira, increase in electricity tariff and inflation
He explained that the same governors who had failed to pay workers their salaries for more than three months, were able to mobilise funds to pay their delegates during the just concluded party primary elections across the states
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
Ozo-Eson said that the implication of some of the government austerity measures, occasioned by the global fall in crude oil price, had started impacting negatively on workers
The statement said: “The emergency meeting of the Central Working Committee of the congress deliberated on the desire of your union to return to the congress as an affiliate union
Ozo-Ezon said that the delisting of the 49,000 companies would not affect workers or the economy in anyway, saying that many of such companies were not functional
According to the statements, such step is masterminded by conservative governors and their cohorts in the National Assembly to truncate the economic stability of the nation
It was gathered that the representatives of the JNC had earlier met with the Head of Service, Bunmi Famosaya, where it was agreed that the workers should accord the new government respect by calling off the action
The NLC was reacting to a statement by the All Progressives Congress, which through its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, accused the President of ordering that the Ado-Ekiti High Court Complex be sealed off until the Governor-Elect, Ayodele Fayose, is inaugurated
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
Nze, who applauded the Federal and State Governments for remarkable improvement in infrastructure, agriculture, education and health sectors, lamented that much had not been done concerning the welfare of workers