On behalf of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org), which represents over 18 million workers on the continent, I extend our heartfelt congratulations on your election as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (…)

On November 29, 2024, a high-level delegation of trade union leaders, led by Comrade. Akhator Joel Odigie, General Secretary of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and Comrade Rose Omamo, Board Member of the Central Organisation of Trade (…)

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) convened in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, 8th November 2024, to address the urgent issues facing Nigerian workers and the Nigerian nation. Chaired by the President of the NLC and attended by NEC members from all (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) warmly welcomes the recent decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift, with immediate effect, a large part of the sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, (…)

The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the New Year School (NYS), scheduled for March 19-22, 2024, in Lusaka, Zambia. Under the theme “Advancing Africa’s transformation agenda : Mobilizing for (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: https://www.ituc-africa.org/ ) commends the ILO for its ongoing efforts in monitoring and analysing trends in employment, social and economic conditions globally. We welcome the findings presented in (…)

In an all-inclusive session, the National Executive Council (NEC) deeply analyzed the prevailing national sentiment, taking into account the extensive hardships and deprivation afflicting our citizens across all states of the federation. The council scrutinized the federal government’s failure (…)

Dakar, Senegal – August 29, 2023 We, the representatives of trade unions from across Africa, have convened in Dakar, Senegal, for a landmark Continental Workshop on Sovereign Debt organised jointly by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), and (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) (www.ituc-africa.org) condemned earlier the unconstitutional and undemocratic change of power in Niger which occurred on the 26 of July when the Presidential Guard of that country declared martial law (…)

On Monday, the 29th day of May, 2023 the President of the Federal Republic announced during his inaugural speech the withdrawal of Subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Nigeria. Consequently, the price of the product which is central to transportation and power in Nigeria escalated across the (…)

2023 International Workers’ Day Commemoration: fight insecurity, debt and Illicit Financial Flows and advance participatory democracy to promote peace, shared prosperity, well-being and inclusion.