NLC Needs To Transform To Be Relevant To Workers And The Nigerian Masses By Chom Bagu
It is clear that the Nigeria public service must change whether we like it or not, it is the law of nature. This change is not going to be easy, so trade unions must muster the ability and capacity to constructively engage so that hardships of transiting to the new century economic and governance are not borne by workers alone. The NLC must constructively engage the Kaduna State Government on the current issues that led to the current strike action. The issues should be addressed on their merits and demerits, and not by emotions.
NLC and the transformation necessary for staying relevant, By Chom Bagu
Nigeria needs a Developmental Labour Movement that will advocate for a progressive development agenda. Nigeria needs a Developmental Labour Movement that will advocate for a progressive development agenda. With a developmental state and a developmental Labour movement, Nigeria can smoothly cross into the 21
st Century, while engaging in negotiations that are based on well researched positions and using modern tools.
It has been a while since the Nigerian labour movement, particularly the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), bared its fangs (some say broken teeth). Many have given up on the Congress as a bunch of self-serving labour aristocrats making hay while the sun shines. This view is not unconnected to the fact that during the several rounds of oil price increases, the NLC was loud in its silence.
As Goes Colombia, So Goes Latin America?
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(Bloomberg Opinion) When Colombians voted in a 42-year-old development wonk as president in 2018, they knew it was a leap of faith. But what Ivan Duque lacked in political adroitness (heâd served a single term as a senator), the argument went, he would finesse as an internationally accredited emerging market technocrat.
(Bloomberg Opinion) When Colombians voted in a 42-year-old development wonk as president in 2018, they knew it was a leap of faith. But what Ivan Duque lacked in political adroitness (heâd served a single term as a senator), the argument went, he would finesse as an internationally accredited emerging market technocrat.
SPRINGFIELD Their new book is called the “History of the Springfield Cemetery,” but editors Wayne E. Phaneuf and Joseph Carvalho III say it is about much more than that. “It’s more than just about the cemetery, because it’s really about the history of the city,” says Phaneuf. “It’s the history of the country.” Phaneuf, retired executive editor of The Republican, and Carvalho, retired .
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