DAILY GIST earlier reported that the federal government and the leadership of the National Assembly met with the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).
The emergency meeting was to avert the impending nationwide strike declared by the organised Labour.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives presided over the meeting
On Friday, NLC and TUC declared an indefinite strike over the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage from N60,000.
Initially, the labour unions had proposed N615,500 as the minimum wage, citing the high cost of living.
However, the federal government rejected the N615,500 proposal and offered N48,000.
On May 15, the NLC and TUC rejected the N48,000 minimum wage offered by the government.
On May 21, the federal government increased the proposed minimum wage to N54,000, which the labour again rejected and described as “unacceptable”.
Again, the federal government proposed N60,000, and it was rejected.
Earlier, the federal lawmakers urged all stakeholders to seek a “mutually acceptable resolution” in the best interest of the country.
However during the meeting on Sunday evening, NLC and TUC remain determined to proceed with a strike despite intervention from the NASS Leadership.
The meeting ended in deadlock after four hours.
More details to follow…
