The Organised Labour has suspended the nationwide strike.
According to the Unions, it is for five days to allow for uninterrupted meeting with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage.
Late Monday Night, the Labour Leaders, after an emergency meeting convened by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume signed an agreement premised on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commiting to an increased minimum wage opposed to the proposed ₦60,000.
“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 agreed 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.”
The SGF, in his press briefing disclosed that the Labour Union would call off the strike on Tuesday after resolutions were reached.
A new minimum wage is expected to be announced at the end of the five days back-to-back meetings between the Labour leaders and the Federal Government representives.
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