Breaking: Organised Labour Suspends-Strike For Five Days After Minimum-Wage Negotiations (Details)

Breaking: Organised Labour Suspends-Strike For Five Days After Minimum-Wage Negotiations (Details)

Members of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspended their strike for five days on Tuesday, a leader of the NLC confirmed to our correspondent in Abuja.

The unions are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government.

The strike, which began on Monday, was called to protest the Federal Government’s failure to approve a new minimum wage by May 31 and to reverse the hike in electricity tariffs.

Following a six-hour meeting with labour leaders in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government expressed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment 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.

The 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.”

These resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.