BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspend Strike Over Minimum Wage, Details Emerge

• The organised labour has suspended its nationwide strike after reaching an agreement with the federal government
• TUC president, Festus Osifo, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday and noted that the decision was to allow uninterrupted meetings with the tripartite committee on minimum wage
• The NLC and the TUC had embarked on the strike after negotiations with the government on a new national minimum wage met a brickwall

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the ongoing nationwide strike after one day of crippling the economy following the federal government's proposed N60,000 minimum wage offer.

The TUC president, Festus Osifo, confirmed this development on Tuesday, June 4.

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Labour arrived at this decision on Tuesday after a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions in Abuja, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

A communique will be issued shortly, the labour chief said, Channels TV reported.

Both unions crippled economic and government activities on Monday, June 4, to register their grievances over the hike in electricity tariff and lack of consensus on a new minimum wage.

The development ground activities in other critical sectors of the economy with schools, businesses, hospitals, and airports shut. The national grid was also shut down, throwing the nation into darkness.

But the government shifted ground on Monday, June 3, at a negotiation with the organised labour after the commencement of their strike. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration assured labour of paying more than N60,000 as the new minimum wage.

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NLC, FG meeting on new minimum wage ends

Legit.ng earlier reported that the NLC and TUC's meeting with the federal government on the new minimum wage had come to an end as they reached four resolutions.

The meeting was held at the office of the secretary to the government of the federation, George Akume, to end the nationwide strike by the NLC.

According to Akume, the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage will meet every day for the next one week.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng