The organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress today has announced the suspension of their strike for five days,
This strike which kicked off on Monday as a way to express to the failure of the Federal Government to approve a new minimum wage by May 31 as well as its failure to reverse the hike in electricity tariff.
Yesterday, there was a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage.
The agreement stated, “The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000; and the Tripartite Committee will convene daily for the next week to finalise an agreeable National Minimum Wage.”
The organised labour also consented to “immediately hold meetings of its organs to consider this new offer, and no worker would face victimisation as a consequence of participating in the industrial action.”
Given the directive to go back to work, the centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government.
