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not welcomed by the
Nigeria Labour Congress. Abdulwahed Omar, the then NLC president challenged the government that there will be wide spread mass protest in Nigeria if it continued with its plans to remove fuel subsdy. The NLC was able to rally other trade unions and civicl societies to support its planned protest. This challenge was marked by actions when the government moved on with the removal of payments for fuel subsidy. By 9 January 2012, massive protest erupted around Nigeria and in major cities including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano. These protest crippled the economy as there was a total shutdown of the Nations different workforce and it lasted more than five working days. This led the then president Jonathan to announce on live TV that government will now subsidize fuel prices and reduce it to about $ 2.75 (£1.80) a gallon. The protest was eventually suspended after this broadcast by the federal government.
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branches of NLC have a women's committee and the chairperson of the committee is an automatic member of the administrative council of the state's NLC. On the national level, the head of the
National Women Commission is automatically a vice-president of NLC.The president of the National Women Commission is Comrade Rita Goyit. The women wing also engages in massive rallies and protest in support for women rights and against gender based violence against women.
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station wagon, which bore no licence plates." The State
Security Services called the claim "sensational and inaccurate reporting", saying that the NLC president had a "misunderstanding" with field operatives, but that the matter was soon resolved. A presidential spokesperson claimed that Oshiomhole was only invited for a "chat" at the airport, no arrest having taken place.
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was arrested
October 9, 2004 at a protest at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport. According to the organisation, Oshiomhole was "abducted by a team of operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) numbering over fifteen, who overpowered him, wrestled him to the ground and bundled him into a standby Peugeot 504
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The campaign for fuel subsidy removal was supported by the ministers in his cabinet and mostly chaired by the then finance minister/coordinating minister for economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. The government announced that fuel subsidy was going to be removed by
January 2012 and this announcement was
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ideologies, depended on funding from international union federations, and mismanaged funds. This was used as a justification to ban all four centres, with M. O. Abiodun appointed as the administrator of trade unions. He accepted the establishment of a new
Nigeria Labour Congress, on the condition
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National Women Commission is the national women's wing of NLC. It was created in 2003 to increase the participation of women in the affairs of the union. Beginning in 1983, demand for more recognition of working women led to the establishment of women's wing in state capitals. Currently state
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administration. The president and his economic team had argued that fuel subsidy payments was making the country lose billions of naira and it will save around "£4.2bn annually to invest in underperforming refineries that have forced
Nigeria to import its own oil once it has been refined". The
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president said his government was no more interested in the payment of fuel subsidy to petroleum markerters. This will move fuel prices which was sold for N65 a litre with subsidy inclusive to around N141 which implies more than a hundred per cent increase.
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314:Abbreviation
304:
290:
287:Women's wing
277:Labour Party
266:
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254:
246:
238:
234:
227:
212:
204:
176:
163:trade unions
154:
150:
148:
116:Affiliations
106:, President
49:Headquarters
2813:24 December
2751:23 December
2708:IndustriALL
2560:24 December
2432:jacobin.com
2137:28 December
1862:28 December
1837:28 December
1726:Post vacant
1701:Ayuba Wabba
1683:Post vacant
1671:Ali Chiroma
633:NUCFRLANMPE
219:Sani Abacha
2846:Categories
2777:2022-03-18
2687:16 January
2655:16 January
2536:2021-06-03
2510:August 17,
2489:2020-05-30
2462:2023-02-26
2437:2023-02-26
2413:2021-06-03
2388:2021-06-03
2363:2021-06-03
2339:2021-06-03
2315:2021-06-03
2290:2021-06-03
2266:2021-06-03
2241:2021-06-03
2216:2021-06-03
2191:2021-06-03
2163:2021-06-03
2046:2004-10-10
2007:2004-10-10
1968:2020-05-30
1944:2022-06-08
1919:2020-05-30
1887:2020-05-30
1797:2021-06-02
1774:References
1707:Joe Ajaero
1652:Presidents
1647:Leadership
977:1,000,000
296:Affiliates
189:(ULC) and
104:Joe Ajaero
99:Key people
93:Joe Ajaero
2714:3 January
2210:France 24
2111:3 January
2085:3 January
1914:0882-7729
1273:ABTEAWUON
1007:NUPSRSDAW
787:NUPPPPROW
536:MEPROSSAN
273:Peter Obi
83:4 million
79:Members
55:, Nigeria
2808:Vanguard
2530:TVC News
2106:Vanguard
2055:cite web
2016:cite web
1741:See also
1305:100,000
890:100,000
719:160,000
659:NUCECFWW
582:125,000
275:and the
199:Cold War
181:(NTUC),
157:) is an
60:Location
2746:The Sun
2607:Nigeria
2408:Reuters
1628:USCFAWN
1620:17,000
1581:10,000
1542:73,000
1522:22,500
1444:13,000
1424:40,000
1412:NUCANMP
1404:20,000
1345:11,500
1333:FLRPWUN
1325:20,000
1285:17,000
1234:Founded
1214:28,000
1180:SSUCOEN
1124:RATTAWU
1098:67,462
1095:260,000
1092:260,000
1068:NIWELFU
1060:35,000
1057:250,000
1054:250,000
1017:10,949
974:700,000
971:286,000
933:24,434
930:245,000
912:35,000
887:205,000
884:205,397
868:30,000
856:NUTGTWN
825:96,000
697:24,000
675:62,000
649:32,121
623:15,060
611:NUBIFIE
579:100,000
528:45,000
525:100,000
506:83,479
431:85,000
415:AUPCTRE
317:Founded
279:in the
185:(LUF),
173:History
167:Nigeria
126:Website
89:Comrade
68:Nigeria
41:Founded
2586:
1912:
1724:1992:
1705:2023:
1699:2015:
1693:2007:
1687:1999:
1681:1994:
1675:1988:
1669:1984:
1663:1979:
1657:1978:
1640:4,000
1569:PEREWU
1550:NUSWTW
1530:NUCCEW
1502:1,500
1452:NUPPPW
1432:NUFFWW
1384:7,000
1265:6,000
1144:SSANIP
1136:7,000
1130:80,000
1036:33,000
1033:20,634
999:8,000
996:35,000
993:13,750
987:NUPENG
957:2,739
865:47,000
862:41,312
846:4,628
843:20,000
822:70,000
819:30,000
803:6,623
779:8,000
776:30,000
773:29,000
741:3,613
738:30,000
735:30,000
729:NUHPSW
716:40,000
713:44,405
707:NUFBTE
694:25,500
691:25,893
620:80,000
617:69,613
601:8,820
598:16,000
576:50,000
522:41,000
455:ISSSAN
439:COEASU
2681:(PDF)
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1823:(PDF)
1589:PAPWU
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