Organised Labour suspends strike

By Nudoiba Ojen

The Organised Labour has suspended the nationwide strike for five days to give room for uninterrupted meeting with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage.

A source with the leaders of Labour made the disclosure on Tuesday that Labour has suspended the strike after a meeting of its organs.

Labour organs had met on Tuesday morning following a successful meeting of labour leaders with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, and other government officials on Mondat.

At the Monday meeting, they reached a resolution that President Bola Tinubu was committed to a new minimum wage higher than N60,000.

They equally resolved that the Tripartite Committee would meet every day for the next one week with a view to arriving at an agreeable National Minimum Wage.

With this development, every government and private offices are expected to reopen and function as usual.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *