The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have jointly agreed to suspend the ongoing strike over a new national minimum wage dispute with the Federal Government for a period of one week.
A source from the ongoing National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja confirmed this development.
“The joint NEC meeting of TUC/NLC has approved to relax the industrial action for one week with immediate effect,” the source stated.
The strike, which began on Monday, entered its second day on Tuesday, leading to the grounding of economic activities across the country.
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The Federal Government had expressed its commitment on Monday to raise the proposed N60,000 minimum wage after a meeting with the leadership of organized labor. Consequently, labor is expected to resume talks with the tripartite committee on a new national minimum wage.