BREAKING: The Organised Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike (FULL DETAILS)—The organised labour has suspended the indefinite nationwide strike and mass protests after reaching a consensus with the Federal Government early this morning at a meeting between the two parties.
The Genius Media Nigeria report that the strike which would have commenced today, Monday, September 28, is in protest against the hike in pump price of fuel and electricity tariff.
This was made known in a Tweet by the Minister of State For Labour, Festus Keyamo.
In his words, “FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended“
FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended pic.twitter.com/9tOTlJ9o1l
— Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) (@fkeyamo) September 28, 2020
Recall that the Organised Labour in Lagos State has said all sectors would be shut from Monday. Deputy Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Amaechi Asogwuni who spoke at a news conference on Sunday said airports, banks, and offices would not be allowed to function while appealing to Nigerians to join the protest.
Also, Organised labour in Kogi State on Sunday evening had said that it is proceeding with Mondays protest call by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC. The Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Comrade Onu Edoka said the state chapter had not received a contrary directive concerning the protests.
According to sources at the last minute meeting with the government, despite the mid-night agreement, the impact of the strike would still be visible today as most workers already mobilised will not go to work.
“We all know that there is no way the effect will not last till noon, that would however serve as deterrent to government from taking labour for a ride. The same thing was done by Rivers State two weeks ago when we went to shut the state. The government was calling for a meeting at the last minute, which to me was not good enough,” he said.
