NLC Promises to Provide a Safety Net for Nigerian Workers Who Lose Their Jobs during Global Transition

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has promised to provide a safety net for Nigerian workers who may lose their jobs during the global transition to cleaner energy.

The safety nets will include insurance and pension policies.

The Congress President, Joe Ajaero, made the pledge at the ongoing climate summit in Dubai during the side event organized by the NLC to fight for the rights of workers during the transition period.

He explained that workers likely to be affected are those in fossil fuel companies, and those whose jobs might be affected during the shift to cleaner energy.

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Ajaero, however, said the anticipated transition to cleaner energy would not bring loss of jobs, but creation of new jobs.

The NLC President also said the proposed cleaner energy would bring about sufficient energy, eradicate power shortage by making available about 100,000megawatts of electricity for Nigeria.

The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has said that social safety nets and insurance policies will be provided for workers who may lose their jobs during the global energy transition. Ajaero made this disclosure at ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) where the NLC organised a side event with The post COP28: NLC will provide social safety nets who may lose their jobs, says Ajaero appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News