FG resumes talks with NLC to avert January 8 strike

FG resumes talks with NLC to avert January 8 strike

- The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, and other government officials are to meet labour unions in a bid to avoid a planned nationwide strike over the new minimum wage

- The meeting follows the failure of both the government and the labour to reach an agreement in a meeting held on Friday, January 4

- The national executive council of the NLC is threatening to embark on a nationwide protest on January 8, to make government transmit the tripartite committee report on the N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly

The federal government is to resume its meeting with the leadership of the organised labour in Abuja in a bid to avoid a planned nationwide strike by the unions on January 8, over the new minimum wage.

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Channels TV reports that the government’s meeting with labour was scheduled for Monday, January 7, after talks the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, had with the unions on January 4, failed to reach a conclusion.

The Friday meeting also had in attendance other government officials including the minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed and that of the budget and national planning, Udo Udoma.

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On the other hand, representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour unions were in attendance.

Meanwhile, the national executive council of the NLC had threatened to embark on a nationwide protest on January 8, to make government transmit the tripartite committee report on the N30,000 minimum wage to the National Assembly.

The labour ultimatum followed President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that a high powered technical committee would be set up to study the report before transmitting to the legislatures.

Buhari said the technical committee would device ways to ensure that the new wage implementation did not lead to an increase in the level of borrowing.

In a related report, the federal government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are also expected to continue their negotiation on Monday, January 7, concerning the ongoing industrial action ASUU started in November 2018.

The union went on strike following the alleged inability of the government to respond to its demands.

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