The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reaffirmed to Nigerians that it is still on strike.
According to the NLC, its branches would be meeting to deliberate on the outcome of the meeting with the Federal Government.
On Monday, the Federal Government and the organised labour arrived at an agreement that might terminate the ongoing strike.
This is after the organized labour had embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday to demand for an improved pay package for workers.
The strike action had led to a meeting between the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Senator George Akume and the labour leaders in Abuja.
Making the announcement on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, the NLC had written:
“Until we hear from Our Organs at our Meeting scheduled for today, 4th June, we are still on strike.”
At the end of the meeting held with senator George Akume and the other labour leaders, it was agreed that,
“Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened on 2nd June, 2024. The Organised Labour declared nationwide strike on Monday, 3rd June, 2024 to drive home its demands.“The Federal Government, in the National interest, convened a meeting with Labour held in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Monday 3rd June, with a view to ending the strike action.
“The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria is committed to a National Minimum Wage that is higher than N60,000.”
More details to come…
