Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), have decided to suspend their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja.

The two are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government.

After a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage.

The agreement stated, “The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher than N60,000; and the Tripartite Committee will convene daily for the next week to finalise an agreeable National Minimum Wage.”

The organised labour also agreed to “immediately hold meetings of its organs to consider this new offer, and no worker would face victimisation as a consequence of participating in the industrial action.”

These resolutions were signed on behalf of the Federal Government by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.

Meanwhile, NLC and TUC are set to commence a joint extraordinary National Executive Council meeting.

The unions on Tuesday announced the ongoing nationwide strike will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where all resolutions of Monday’s meeting are expected to be reviewed.

The post reads: “Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today, June 4, we are still on strike.” (Pieced together fro reports by The PUNCH and The Nation)

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