The federal government says it has scheduled a meeting with the leaders of organised labour for 3: 00pm on Monday to avert the looming strike action in the country.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, who stated this during an ongoing press briefing explained that he had not met with the labour leaders today because he didn’t get adequate brief from relevant departments before now.
Lalong appealed to the leadership of both the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to prevail on all its affiliate unions to shelve their scheduled two-day and planned total shutdown in 21 days time.
NLC declares 2-day warning strike, gives other details
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced the commencement of a two-day warning strike, which will begin on Tuesday, September 5, to protest the failure of the federal government to address the challenges Nigerians are facing as a result of the removal of the fuel subsidy.
The labour union that had shielded the protest after meeting with President Bola Tinubu is prepared to warn the federal government through the two-day strike.
NLC denies suspending strikes, protests, lists major demands
Legit.ng earlier reported that Joe Ajaero, the national president of the NLC, has said in a statement that there is no going back on the planned industrial action of the union.
Ajaero, in a statement he signed, said the NLC has neither reconsidered nor suspended its planned protests scheduled for Wednesday.
Earlier, the secretary of the NLC, Emma Ugbaja, hinted that the organised labour would meet with its members to decide the following line of action after meeting with the federal government team.
Source: Legit.ng
