Why we expect labour to put off planned strike – FG
The Federal Government has expressed the hope that organised labour will put off its planned strike.
Senior government officials on Sunday met with representatives of the organised labour.
The government’s representatives include the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulrazak Abdulrahman; and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. Others are the information minister, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong; the Minister of State, Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu.
On the labour side were NLC President, Joe Ajaero; Deputy President, TUC; Dr Tommy Etim Okon; NLC General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja; and TUC General Secretary, Nuhu Toro, among others.
The government offered N35,000 pay increase for all “treasury-paid” federal workers among others.
President Bola Tinubu had similarly announced a N25,000 pay bump for junior workers during his Independence Day speech.
“NLC and TUC will consider the offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the planned strike to allow for further consultations on the implementation of the resolutions above,” a statement by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said.
