Leaders of Organized Labour unions in Nigeria have announced the suspension of the nationwide strike embarked upon by the unions on Monday.
The one-day old strike was suspended on Tuesday after a six-hour meeting was held between the leadership of organised labour and the federal government in Abuja on Monday night.
According to reports, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu towards raising the N60,000 his government offered as the new national minimum wage and the organized Labour decided to suspend the strike in good faith with hopes of having positive talks with the government.
The organized Labour and Federal Government reached an agreement and the union leaders announced the suspension of the nationwide strike.
The agreement stated, “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 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.
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