The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Governors’ Forum have invited the leadership of NLC and TUC for an emergency meeting to discuss solutions that will avert the planned nationwide strike. , sources familiar with the matter.
A source confidentially told pressmen that “A meeting has been summoned by the senate president and the Nigeria Governors Forum. The meeting will be held Tonight.”
Streetnews had earlier reported that Nigeria Labour Congress declared an indefinite nationwide strike that is proposed to start on Monday, June 3, 2024, due to the Federal Government’s refusal to increase the proposed minimum wage.
The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, announced that the strike followed failed negotiations between the government and organised labour.
Despite the government’s final offer of N60,000, which included a recent increase from an initial N57,000, the labour unions found the proposal insufficient.
At the meeting, labour revised its demand, reducing it by N3,000 from the initial N497,000 proposed last week, setting the new proposal at N494,000.
Despite this concession, the negotiations remained deadlocked as the government maintained its offer of N60,000, leading to the declaration of a nationwide indefinite strike.
