Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) has suspended proposed strike.
GoldenNewsNg reports that Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) has suspended the proposed nationwide strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government.
According to the Minister of State for Labour, the agreement reached between the Federal Government and the Labour Unions on Monday morning is that deregulation will stay with the Federal Government rolling out palliatives for labour. The minister said the details of the palliatives, would be disclosed in the next two weeks.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment also disclosed that the electricity tariffs has been suspended by government for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed him (Keyamo) to examine the justification for the new policy.
Keyamo added that the Labour unions have suspended the proposed strike action which was scheduled to start from today (Monday) according to an earlier tweet by the NLC.
In his words, “FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended“
Nigeria Labour Congress Reaches Agreement With FG, Calls Off Nationwide Strike
FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended pic.twitter.com/9tOTlJ9o1l
— Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) (@fkeyamo) September 28, 2020
GoldenNewsNg understands that this is coming hours after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had earlier called on Nigerians in a tweet to prepare for strike action if its demands were not met by the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“STRIKE BEGINS TOMMOROW MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, UNLESS OUR DEMANDS ARE MET – NLC.“
