Members of organized labor, including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), suspended their strike for five days on Tuesday, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja.
The labor unions are expected to issue a statement shortly before negotiations with the government commence.
The strike, which began on Monday, protested the Federal Government’s failure to approve a new minimum wage by May 31 and to reverse the hike in electricity tariffs.
Following a six-hour meeting with labor leaders in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government, represented by President Bola Tinubu, expressed a commitment to increasing the minimum wage above the N60,000 initially offered.
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 finalize an agreeable National Minimum Wage.”
Organized labor agreed to “immediately hold meetings of its organs to consider this new offer, and no worker would face victimization as a consequence of participating in the industrial action.”
These resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
Further details are expected soon.
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