Strike to go ahead as NLC shuns meeting with Nigerian govt

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday shunned the meeting convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to stave off the two-day warning strike called by the congress.

The minister in a press briefing in Abuja told journalists the Federal Government would meet with organised labour in a bid to avert the strike declared by the labour centre to protest the hardship induced by the current administration’s policy initiatives.

He appealed to the NLC to suspend the strike in the interest of the country.

However, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Festus Osifo, and other members of the Congress executive committee attended the meeting which started at 5:30 p.m.

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The NLC had in a communiqué jointly signed by its President, Joe Ajaero and Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, on Friday declared a two-day warning strike over the economic hardship in the country.

The Congress decried the current administration’s failure to engage organised labour in the efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.

The warning strike will begin across the country on Tuesday.

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