Leadership of the organized labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has suspended the nationwide planned strike action slated for Monday 28th September 2020.
The Suspension was sequel to agreements reached with the federal government, last night after a meeting which lasted for about six hours at the Ao Rock Villa.
Some terms of the agreement includes; setting up of a technical committee to look into the new electricity tarriff regime and metering as well as reversal of the new electricity tarriff for a period of two weeks, pending the outcome of the technical committee.
Issuing a communique read by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, the Labour Union and the federal government also agreed to set up the petroleum downstream committee with a view to reduction on importation by fixing the existing refineries.
It was also agreed that the federal government will in two weeks time, unveil a specific amount from the economy to be isolated from the economic sustainability programme intervention fund to be assessed by Nigerian workers, as well as removal of tax on minimum wage to cushion the effects of the policy on the lowest vulnerable.
The federal government is to immediately, make available to the organized labour, 133 CNG/LPG mass transit buses across the nation’s major cities on a scale up basis subsequently to the various states and Local Government Areas before the end of 2021.
It was further agreed by the parties that 10 percent will be allocated to the Nigerian workers under the ongoing Ministry of Housing and Finance Initiative through the NLC and the TUC.
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