Labour suspends strike for five days
The Organised labour in the country has suspended its strike for five days.
The two labour centres, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), had launched the strike on Monday, due to the failed negotiation on a national minimum wage for civil servants.
In suspending the strike, the two unions said they would revert to discuss a fresh proposal from the federal government.
On its part, the federal government, on Monday night, said it had reached an agreement with labour. The statement said President Bola Tinubu had accepted to go higher than the ₦60,000 proposed by employers of labour.
The government also said that the tripartite committee, comprising itself, state governments, and the organised private sector employers would continue to meet daily for the next one week.
The strike has affected social services, particularly power supply.
Electricity workers had by Sunday midnight switched the national transmission lines, thereby causing a nationwide blackout.
As expected, citizens are panicky over whether the petroleum workers would also shut down their services, leading to long queues and chaos at filling stations.
