NLC exposes anti-worker policies in Nigeria to international community

• As Ajaero turns Oslo award into rallying cry for Nigerian workers
Bimbola Oyesola, Geneva
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, yesterday, transformed an international award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, into a thunderous indictment of repression, poverty and anti-worker policies in Nigeria, declaring that the Arthur Svensson International Award would serve not as a trophy, but as a weapon in the fight for labour rights.
Standing before trade union leaders, diplomats and activists at the June 10 ceremony in Norway’s capital, Ajaero said he accepted the 2026 award on behalf of millions of Nigerian workers who wake up every morning to the smell of tear gas, the so...