Labour Leaders Warn of Economic Collapse as Insecurity Guts Productivity

Labour Leaders Warn of Economic Collapse as Insecurity Guts Productivity

Nigeria’s organised labour marked the 2026 May Day celebrations with a grim assessment of the national economy. Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress warned that rampant insecurity and deepening poverty now act as a blockade to decent work. When citizens cannot travel safely, markets fail. Agricultural output has stalled because…

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NLC Raises Alarm Over Alleged ₦20bn Emergency Contracts at TCN

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has petitioned the Federal Government over what it described as a planned ₦20bn “emergency refurbishment” contract within the Transmission Company of Nigeria, warning that the move could drain public resources and further weaken the country’s already fragile electricity transmission infrastructure. In a letter dated Sunday and addressed to the Minister…

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NLC Threatens Mass Action, Election Boycott Over Senate’s Stance on Electronic Transmission

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has drawn a clear line in the sand over what it views as the Senate’s deliberate obfuscation on a fundamental pillar of electoral credibility: whether the nation’s votes will be electronically transmitted from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission in real time. In a statement issued on Sunday,…

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