Following an agreement reached between the Federal Government and Organised Labour last night, a planned nationwide strike has been suspended for one month.
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The Memorandum of Understanding concerning this truce was not immediately available, but Vanguard sources suggest a joint resolution was presented to government officials in the late afternoon.
The meeting was reconvened at 8:15 pm and led to an agreement.
The planned strike by organised labour had been planned to protest against the suffering of Nigerians as a result of the petrol subsidy removal.
The National Executive Council of NLC and TUC met separately yesterday to review Sunday’s meeting with the Federal Government.
At the end of this meeting, leaders of NLC and TUC set up a committee to reconcile their positions and come to a common agreement.
The meeting was reconvened yesterday for both government and labour to find common ground and avert the planned strike by organized labour to force the government to address the suffering and pains of Nigerians, occasioned by the petrol subsidy removal.
A press release by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris explained that some of the resolutions reached at the Sunday meeting were that, the issues in dispute can only be resolved when workers are at work and not when they are on strike.
“Labour unions argued for higher wage awards and the Federal Government Team promised to present Labour’s request to President Bola Tinubu for further consideration”.
“A sub-committee to be constituted to work out the details of the implementation of all items for consideration regarding government interventions to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal”.
“The lingering matter of Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State needs to be addressed urgently and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who participated virtually, pledged to resolve the matter”.
“NLC and TUC will consider the offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the planned strike to allow for further consultations on the implementation of the resolutions above”, he said.
Members of the organized labour team present are, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo, the NLC General Secretary, Emma Ugbaja, the TUC Secretary General, Nuhu Toro among others.
On the government team are the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejecha.
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