Representatives of the Federal Government are currently meeting with Organiaed Labour to proffer a lasting solution to the ongoing nationwide strike.
The meeting is underway at the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in Abuja.
Present at the meeting include:
The NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Bako Lalong, and
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyeajeocha, among other government officials.
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Also present at the meeting are Labour leaders led by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) President, Comrade Festus Osifo, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Secretary General, Emmanuel Ugboaja, and other union leaders.
The Protest
The NLC and TUC, on Tuesday, declared an indefinite nationwide strike to protest the assault on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and other labour leaders in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Other grievances of Organized Labour include:
Outstanding salary arrears
Unjust declaration of 11,000 workers as ghost employees
Unsettled gratuities
Non-compliance with the N30,000 minimum wage act, and
Declaration of 10,000 pensioners as ghost retirees.
In a move to stop the nationwide strike, the Federal Government went to court and got an injunction restraining the NLC and TUC from embarking on the industrial action.
However, the unions commenced the strike despite the court order.
