Planned warning strike of the organised labour including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) begins tomorrow as negotiations between the federal government and labour on Wednesday were without results.
In his remarks shortly after the collapse of talks in Abuja with the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, the President of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba said discussions were deadlocked which means that our warning strike will go on as planned from midnight Wednesday.
Efforts to get the views of the government delegation failed at press time.
Business Hilights recalls that the NLC which held its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting last week to ratify the strike and two other bodies including the ULC and TUC had on Tuesday got the nod of their respective Central Working Committees (CWCs) to go ahead with the strike in case the government fails on the ultimatum.
Nigeria’s organised labour had on September 12 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to recall the Minimum Wage Committee saddled with the responsibility to fix a new wage for Nigerian workers to conclude negotiation on the matter or else face industrial action.
The implications of the failed talks include shutting down of all government activities from Thursday morning and banking activities plus other regulated services.
