We are still on strike – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the total and indefinite industrial strike action commenced by workers across the country on Monday is still ongoing.

This is despite an emergency meeting of the tripartite committee on national minimum wage convened by the federal government and held into the night at the residence of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the tripartite committee on national minimum wage is made up of the federal and state governments, the private sector and organised labour with 37 members.

Following commencement of the nationwide strike, the federal government convened the meeting with labour with a view to ending the strike action.

“Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today 4th June, we are still on strike,” the NLC stated shortly after the meeting convened by the federal government at the Akume’s residence.

After exhaustive deliberation and engagement by both parties, certain resolutions were reached at the meeting, while the federal government assured that no worker would be victimised as a result of the industrial action.

Part of the resolution, it was gathered, is that President Bola Tinubu has made a commitment to pay a national minimum wage that is higher than the N60,000 currently presented by the representatives of the FG in the tripartite committee.

Also, as an outcome of the meeting, the tripartite committee is to meet everyday for the next one week with a view to arriving at an agreeable national minimum wage with labour undertaking to convene a meeting of its organs immediately to consider this commitment.

Advertisement