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In a bid to avert the planned nationwide strike, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the leadership of the Nigeria Governors Forum have invited the leadership of the Organized Labour for an emergency meeting Tonight, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent on Sunday Afternoon.

“A meeting has been summoned by the senate president and the Nigeria Governors Forum. The meeting will be held Tonight,” a highly knowledgeable source said.

On Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress declared an indefinite nationwide strike, starting on Monday, June 3, 2024, due to the Federal Government’s refusal to increase the proposed minimum wage above N60,000.

The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, announced that the strike followed failed negotiations between the government and organised labour.

Despite the government’s final offer of N60,000, which included a recent increase from an initial N57,000, the labour unions found the proposal insufficient.

At the meeting, labour revised its demand, reducing it by N3,000 from the initial N497,000 proposed last week, setting the new proposal at N494,000.

Despite this concession, the negotiations remained deadlocked as the government maintained its offer of N60,000, leading to the declaration of a nationwide indefinite strike.

Ezewuzie01:
Joe Ajaero of NLC is very stupid. If an oil producing state like Abia cannot pay the paltry sum of 30k minimum wage, how will anybody be able to pay 400k minimum wage? The dwarf is just using NLC as a labour party offshoot to destabilize the country.

Obaofaba:
If the union should collect bribe to call off this strike, may they die miserably.

Crime rate is on the high side because the purchasing power of people is getting decreasing on the daily basis.

It's either you pay people reasonably or build more prisons.

Low wage is directly promotional to high level corruption and crime rates.

dre11:
https://punchng.com/exclusive-senate-president-governors-summon-emergency-meeting-with-labour-leaders-over-strike/?amp

Ezewuzie01:
Joe Ajaero of NLC is very stupid. If an oil producing state like Abia cannot pay the paltry sum of 30k minimum wage, how will anybody be able to pay 400k minimum wage? The dwarf is just using NLC as a labour party offshoot to destabilize the country.

Ezewuzie01:
Joe Ajaero of NLC is very stupid. If an oil producing state like Abia cannot pay the paltry sum of 30k minimum wage, how will anybody be able to pay 400k minimum wage? The dwarf is just using NLC as a labour party offshoot to destabilize the country.