Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Suspend Strike For Five Days

Members of organised labour, including the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, called off their strike concerning the raising the minimum wage on Tuesday for five days, according to an NLC leader in Abuja.

The centres are anticipated to release a statement shortly before the start of negotiations with the government.

The strike, which began on Monday, was organised to protest the Federal Government’s inability to adopt a new minimum wage by May 31 and its failure to reverse the increase in electricity tariffs.

According to The PUNCH, during a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja on Monday night, the Federal Government expressed President Bola Tinubu’s intention to increase the N60,000 minimum salary.

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 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.”

These resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, and Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State for Labour and Employment.

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