The organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has agreed to consider the offer of the federal government. This is following the suspension of the strike on Tuesday, June 4, for five days. They also insisted that “no worker would face victimisation as a consequence of participating in the industrial action.”
The strike, which commenced on Monday, was to protest the failure of the Federal Government to approve the new minimum wage of N 494,000 proposed by organised labour before the May 31 ultimatum, as well as its failure to reverse the hike in electricity tariff.
After a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage.
“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,” the agreement stated.
These resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
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