Labour issues Statement after reaching agreement with FG as Nigerian expect suspension of Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is still on strike.
According to a post on X, NLC said they are waiting for their leaders to meet and decide what to do next after talking with the government.
They wrote: “Until we hear from Our Organs at our Meeting scheduled for today, 4th June, we are still on strike.”
The government and the organized labor groups made an agreement on Monday that could end the strike.
The workers went on strike to ask for better pay. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, met with labour leaders in Abuja to try to resolve the situation.
At the end of the meeting, 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.”
