Strike: Tinubu’s Govt Approves 30-day Implementation Plan for MoU With Organised Unions

• The federal government has approved a 30-day implementation plan for the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with organised labour
• The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, disclosed that the MoU document has 15 items of agreement
• Lalong made this known after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.

FCT, Abuja - The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, said the federal government has approved a 30-day implementation plan for the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with organised labour.

Lalong disclosed this while addressing journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday, October 16, TheCable reported.

The MoU is coming after the organised labour suspended the planned indefinite strike billed for October 3.

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The former Plateau governor said the MoU document has 15 items of agreement and has been presented to the council.

He explained that one part of the MoU will be filed in court, adding that the process has commenced.

He said:

“You are already aware that 15 items are parts of the agreement. But we went beyond mere agreement, we told them that something different is happening because one, part of the agreement is to file it in the court of law which we have set the process already.

“And the other one was the presidential approval. There cannot be any presidential approval more than the Federal Executive Council.

Explaining further, Lalong said the federal government had concluded its meeting with the leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN).

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He, however, said the meeting with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has not been concluded.

Strike: Tinubu to announce palliative package for workers on October 1

Earlier, Legit.ng reported plans by President Bola Tinubu to announce palliative for workers who are planning to embark on an indefinite strike.

Olajide Oshundun, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour, said the ministry is working on the new minimum wages for the workers.

According to Oshundun, the president would make a pronouncement on the palliative for workers during his Independent Day broadcast on Sunday.

NLC, TUC Suspend Planned Nationwide Strike for 30 Days

Meanwhile, the leadership of the NLC and TUC suspended the planned indefinite nationwide strike, which was set to begin on Tuesday, October 3.

The labour bodies announced the suspension of the planned strike in a statement released after a meeting with the federal government representatives at the State House on Monday, October 2.

Source: Legit.ng