The organised labour cancelled this year’s celebration of workers’ day in Kogi State, in protest of the non-payment of workers’ salaries and pensions of retirees.
The Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, who represented the President at the event was booed off the stage by the workers who were protesting poor remuneration by the federal government.
Crisis is brewing between the organised labour movements and Kaduna State government over the planned sale of government quarters in the state to alleged political office holders.
The leaderships of the two major labour unions in the country, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC have concluded plans to stage rallies in Lagos and Abuja simultaneously on Thursday, February 9, 2017 to demand for good governance in the country and support the war against corruption.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, in Nasarawa State has declared an indefinite strike over the state government’s decision to cut workers’ salaries by 50 percent.
