…warns against interference in union matters

…meets with two factions of NURTW

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru


The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved a 30-day implementation plan for the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU between the Federal Government and the Organized Labour.

The government also is taking a decision against any external interference in unions activities by external bodies.

This is as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong alongside the Minister of State, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha met with the factional leaderships of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Lalong said a Memorandum was presented to the council on the implementation of the agreement with labour.

He said, “We presented a memo from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and the memo was basically on the agreement between government and the labour. You are already aware that 15 items are parts of the agreement.

“But we went beyond mere agreement, we told them that something different this time 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. So we presented them to the Federal Executive Council. We analyzed each and every aspect of the agreement and to show the genuineness and also provide for harmonious and good industrial relationship and that was why it was presented and it was approved for implementation.

“It was agreed that within 30 days , there must be evidence of implementation and that was the basis of presenting to the Federal Executive Council the memo and the Federal Executive Council also approved it and within these 30 days, we will go on with the implementation of the agreement between labour and government.”

Fielding on the item six of the MoU which was the government alleged interference in the activities of the democratically elected leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and the mandate to him (Lalong) to resolve the crisis in the union on or before October 13, the Minister said he had already met with the various factions.

He said, “Item six in the MoU is about interference specifically with issues that were about road transport workers. Immediately the next day, we embarked on meetings between the two organisations.

“As of today, they have already reached out and have concluded that of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, today they are making a report to the ministry about their agreement because they went into agreement too and we are also going to get back to their parent association.

“The next one is the NURTW. Last week we were with them. Of course if some of you were there, you knew why we postponed it, I reminded them that we are keeping to the date of the agreement but they said they cannot strictly keep to the date because it is very important to them that we realized the aim. So we shifted the meeting till tomorrow. Today, we are going to get the report, by tomorrow we will fix a meeting.

“The reason why we presented these items to the Federal Executive Council is for them to note and approve that after these things we will not want to be tolerating interference into union activities.

“But those that are pending are within the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. Our own is to dispense with conflicts and we are going to continue to do that and these two items we have mentioned, were really the particular things they hammered on when we met. By God’s grace in the next few days, those ones are going to be sorted out. “

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Mbok let them implement it oh..but this our government sabi dribble pass okocha sef.before you know it they start tell stories again

FG under APC never honours any agreement.
When Nigerian workers are groaning under excruciating pains, Lawmakers are sharing exortic cars to themselves.

Chai this Tinubu presidency just dey use labour play like toy , whenever them gather muscle say them Wan strike, govt go bring one kind bomboklak mumu hope take quench them fire.... opari... before them go get sense realise say they were given a fools hope and the cycle continues... una well done, tufikwa

Nothing is working in this shit hole country..

APC is a Scam and everyone knows. President BAT during his independence speech promised the Subsidy palliative for workers will start from October but they are saying different thing now. They quickly borrowed and bought 2023 SUV for Law makers but don't care for common Man. Nigerians are Languishing serious in Abject Poverty.

Yet they don't dribble themselves to share those brand new SUVs to senators and honorables

FG been raping labour since 1960

Chinjo2:
FG under APC never honours any agreement.
When Nigerian workers are groaning under excruciating pains, Lawmakers are sharing exortic cars to themselves.

Almijiri what of your state & Local Government, have you called them out, or as usual, you are only here to act the hypocrite, because APC is now the new acronym for you Nigerians?

What ever you guys are doing just make sure the dollar rate comes down

How many days remain mek the 30 days elapsed. I am waiting for the implementation like sallah ram.

Funkyswagzz:
What ever you guys are doing just make sure the dollar rate comes down

Rate comes down how, when the lazy citizens do not produce enough for export?

They cannot even produce commodities to feed themselves, let alone export for foreign exchange, let them keep deceiving themselves blaming the federal government.

This government self. Since October 1, you could not present the useless MoU with labour unions to FEC till the union issued a warning that there won't be warning strike before embarking on indefinite one. FG just dey play kukere with the masses. Anyway let's see how labour will respond to this.

I still no trust this labour.

wizelink:
This government self. Since October 1, you could not present the useless MoU with labour unions to FEC till the union issued a warning that there won't be warning strike before embarking on indefinite one. FG just dey play kukere with the masses. Anyway let's see how labour will respond to this.

Sharap most likely you did not read the article, just jumped into an assumption’s conclusion, this is the first FEC meeting, & Hypocrite Labor’s demands has been tabled & vetted, stop spreading misinformation in your bad belle state of mind.

Miracle2020:
How many days remain mek the 30 days elapsed. I am waiting for the implementation like sallah ram.

Unemployable Almijiri waiting for implementation of what if I may ask?

Just imagine
NURTW matter don dey enter FEC meeting
Oh God!!

Burob:
Sharap this is the first FEC meeting, & Hypocrite Labor’s demands has been tabled & vetted, stop spreading misinformation in your bad belle state of mind.

Are you well at all?

wizelink:


Are you well at all?

Go & ask Tinubu, or CSU’s Registrar.

Kukutente23:
Just imagine
NURTW matter don dey enter FEC meeting
Oh God!!

Hail Labor & James Adjaero now, because when they eventually chase the Apga Judas imposter away from The Labor Party & switch allegiance mid term, your wailing will quadruple.

Burob:
Unemployable Almijiri waiting for implementation of what if I may ask?

you sound foolish. The least person in my office can feed your family for 10 years with only one month allowance.

Burob:
Hail Labor & James Adjaero now, because when they eventually chase the Apga Judas imposter away from The Labor Party & switch allegiance mid term, your wailing will quadruple.

You hardly make sense
It's always a shame to read your comments

Miracle2020:
you sound foolish. The least person in my office can feed your family for 10 years with only one month allowance.

Indeed wailing Almijiri, Na em You dey Nairaland glued to clueless labor union issues, you can feed & pay workers, but you cannot wait for Tinubu to implement your salary increase?

Odoyo.

Kukutente23:

You hardly make sense
It's always a shame to read your comments

I’m not surprised, if I told you I was surprised, I would only be deceiving you, like Gringory Obi is doing to you miserable clueless caricatures.

Burob:
Rate comes down how, when the lazy citizens do not produce enough for export?

They cannot even produce commodities to feed themselves, let alone export for foreign exchange, let them keep deceiving themselves blaming the federal government.

Produce what exactly.. with which electricity now that the tarrif is even higher than ever. Even the loan they use to give is now a scarce commodity. Foreign companies are leaving due to high exchange rate.

Lol and when 30 days are up, another meeting will be held and then mou will be changed to memorandum of action (moa) which will be included in the budget to commence Jan 1 2024

Funkyswagzz:


Produce what exactly.. with which electricity now that the tarrif is even higher than ever. Even the loan they use to give is now a scarce commodity. Foreign companies are leaving due to high exchange rate.

Blame your laziness, or are you not Nigerian, part of the Federal Government of the Republic?

Is it my fault that you do not have electricity in Nigeria? Or we should blame Cameroon or Ghana?