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Nigeria: Labour Group Declares Nationwide Strike On Wednesday Over Fuel Subsidy Removal
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a nationwide protest on Wednesday, June 7, 2013, to vent their anger against the new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the withdrawal of fuel subsidies. The executives of NLC met with Federal Government officials on Friday to discuss the removal of subsidies on fuel and emerging challenges but…
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Nigeria: NUEE Strike Action Was A Sabotage-Adetayo Claims
The Convener and Executive Director of PowerUp Nigeria, an electric power consumer rights and power sector policy advocacy organisation, has charged Nigerians to stand up against the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) for plunging the country into darkness last Wednesday. Adetayo Adegbemle, who condemned the action of the Union, argued that the Union’s action…
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Nigeria: TCN Workers Throw Nigerians Into Darkness As They Shut Down All Transmission Substations
Workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have completely shut down all power transmission substations across the West African country in protest of unresolved grievances. The situation has resulted in power supply disruptions in all the eleven electricity Distribution companies (DisCos) franchise areas. With a total population of over 210 million, Nigeria only supplies…
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Nigeria: Labour Unions Suspend Planned Strike As FG Puts Electricity Tariff Hike On Hold
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended their industrial action which was scheduled to commence today (Monday). This followed an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting which started at 8.30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am this morning. After exhaustive deliberations on the issues raised by the labour…