{"id":3674,"date":"2025-01-13T17:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:52:56","slug":"nlc-shut-down-radio-tv-stations-over-non-implementation-of-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/01\/13\/nlc-shut-down-radio-tv-stations-over-non-implementation-of-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Shut Down Radio, TV Stations Over Non-Implementation Of Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"full-container article\">\n<div class=\"main-article\">\n<div class=\"main-article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Chaos erupted on Monday as the Lagos chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) stormed Lagos Television, Radio Lagos\/Eko FM, and Traffic Radio, forcibly ejecting workers and shutting down operations.<\/p>\n<p>The dramatic intervention was in response to the Lagos State Government\u2019s refusal to integrate the stations\u2019 staff into the Oracle system and pay the long-overdue minimum wage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container margin-top margin-bottom\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The crackdown followed a fiery three-day warning strike by the stations\u2019 workers, which had seen spirited protests earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>No sooner had Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos Chapel Chairman, Leye Ajayi, wrapped up his impassioned address to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pmnewsnigeria.com\/2025\/01\/13\/uproar-in-lagos-ltv-radio-lagos-traffic-radio-workers-stage-fiery-protest-over-oracle-minimum-wage\/\">\u00a0<\/a> agrivedd staff than NLC officials descended on the premises in Agidingbi, Ikeja.<\/p>\n<p>Led by its formidable chairperson, Mrs Funmi Sessi, the NLC delegation stormed into the buildings, halting broadcasts and ejecting remaining workers.<\/p>\n<p>The move sent a strong message to the government: the era of neglecting these workers is over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not fighting the Lagos State Government,\u201d Sessi declared, \u201cbut we demand an immediate end to the injustice meted out to staff of these stations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her staff, the stations must be integrated into the Oracle System.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasised the disparity between the stations\u2019 staff and other civil servants in the state, lamenting their exclusion from benefits enjoyed by mainstream government workers.<\/p>\n<p>Sessi said it was unacceptable that workers in the stations were denied what others in the state service were benefitting from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container margin-top margin-bottom\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_4_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<footer class=\"page-footer font-small pm-footer\">\n<div class=\"container text-md-left\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mx-auto pm-footer-about-section\">\n<p class=\"pm-footer-about\">Introduced in August 1994 to satisfy a yearning for a fresh, breezy and entertaining afternoon paper in Lagos and its environs, P.M.News is positioned as a paper for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mx-auto\">\n<div class=\"menu-footer-1-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaos erupted on Monday as the Lagos chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) stormed Lagos Television, Radio Lagos\/Eko FM, and Traffic Radio, forcibly ejecting workers and shutting down operations. 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