BREAKING: NLC Shuns Negotiation Meeting with President Tinubu
- The NLC has shunned the negotiation meeting with the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government
- At the meeting, which was conveyed by the minister of labour and productivity, Simon Lalong, the leadership of the NLC were conspicuously absent
- Lalong later urged journalists to excuse them and went into a closed-door session with the leadership of the TUC, who were present for the meeting
Aso Villa, Abuja - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has shunned the negotiation meeting called by President Bola Tinubu to stop the union from embarking on its declared two-day warning strike.
According to Daily Trust, President Tinubu's minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, convened the meeting to avert the strike that the organised labour had declared.
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NLC absents as FG holds meeting with TUC
It was reported that the leadership of the NLC were conspicuously absent at the meeting, which was slated for 3pm but started at exactly 5:32pm with the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), led by its president, Festus Osifo.
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The meeting went into a closed-door session after the minister appealed to journalists to excuse the stakeholders in deliberating on critical matters.
On Friday, September 1, the NLC directed workers across the country to embark on a two-day warning strike from Tuesday, September 5, over the current hardship on Nigerians.
Tinubu's minister of Labour speaks on NLC strike
At a press briefing earlier on Monday, September 4, the minister said he was yet to meet with the leaders of the organised labours, adding that the reason for this was because he had yet to receive adequate brief from concerned departments.
The former governor of Plateau state specifically appealed to the leadership of the NLC and TUC to urge its affiliate unions to suspend their two-day warning strike and the planned total shutdown scheduled for 21 days.
Source: Legit.ng
