The long running dispute between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Edo State Government over the non recognition of the NLC’s caretaker committee in the state has finally been brought to an end.
The breakthrough came at a meeting brokered by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, between the Edo State Government, represented by the Governor, and the NLC, represented by its President, Joe Ajaero, with Senator Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Labour and Employment also in attendance.
In a statement by the NLC Head of Information and Publicity, Benson Upah, the Governor agreed to recognise and work with the caretaker committee as the lawful representative of the NLC in Edo State, and to ensure that check off dues are remitted through appropriate channels to the Congress.
The NLC Secretariat in Edo State, which had been locked up by persons who presented themselves as acting on behalf of the Governor, even as the Governor denied knowledge of or acquiescence in their actions, is to be reopened immediately.
The regular statutory relationship between the state government and the NLC is to resume with immediate effect.
The dispute had earlier travelled beyond Nigeria’s borders, with the NLC lodging a complaint against the Edo State Government at the 2026 International Labour Organisation conference, alleging interference, intimidation and bullying, a matter the Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, promised to resolve.
By Asiwaju Adekunle Saheed
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