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FG, labour fail to agree over planned strike

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8 years ago

May 17, 2016

Efforts by the Federal Government to ensure that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, do not call their members out for a total strike beginning from Wednesday over the new fuel price, failed to yield the desired result on Monday, as their meeting ended in deadlock.

The four hour meeting, which ended at about 12 midnight, was described by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, as fruitful.

According the SGF, who briefed reporters at the end of the meeting, the two parties had “a fruitful discussion and will continue from where we stopped.”

The meeting is scheduled to reconvene at 3pm today (Tuesday).

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Curiously, the team of the Federal Government to meeting went into another round of meeting with the Joe Ajaero-led faction of the labour movement at about 12.15am on Tuesday after its meeting with the Ayuba Wabba-led Nigeria Labour Congress.

Wabba confirmed that discussions with the Federal Government would continue by 3pm on Tuesday (today), though there are indications that the labour leaders were not convinced by the figures the government team presented.

Those who attended the meeting included Wabba; NLC General Secretary, Peter Ozo-Esun; NUPENG president, Igwe Achese; PENGASSAN President, Olabode Johnson; TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama; Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang; and the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.

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