…says Tuesday review meeting’ll determine when workers’ll return to work
Samuel Adesola, Abuja
Nigeria Labour Congress says the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday night’s meeting.
NLC, in a post on X, on Tuesday, said the one-day old strike, which has grounded the nation’s economy, will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where all resolutions of Monday’s meeting are expected to be reviewed.
“Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today, June 4, we are still on strike,” the post read.
On Monday night, after a six-hour meeting with the leadership of the organised labour in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to increasing the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage.
According to the agreement, “The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000; and the Tripartite Committee will convene daily for the next week to finalise an agreeable National Minimum Wage.”
Organised labour also agreed to “immediately hold meetings of its organs to consider this new offer, and no worker would face victimisation as a consequence of participating in the industrial action.”
The resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
The organised labour was represented by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and Trade Union Congress President, Festus Osifo.
