The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has stated that the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite striking an agreement with the federal government on Monday night.
In a post on X on Tuesday, the NLC stated that the industrial action would continue until Tuesday’s union organs meeting, at which all resolutions from Monday’s meeting are likely to be examined.
“Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today, June 4, we are still on strike,” the post read.
After a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organized labor in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage.
The agreement stated that, “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 organized 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, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
Representing organized labor were the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, and the President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo.
