The
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite
warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage
for workers.
The strike will start Wednesday
morning.
Its sister labour group, the Trade
Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday announced it would begin strike from the
early hours of Thursday, following the federal government’s failure to honour
its ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
Both unions had earlier said the
organised labour’s demand to reconvene a tripartite committee on the national
minimum wage for workers was not met, and that the leaders have cautioned the
federal government against foot-dragging on the new minimum wage.
Last Thursday, the NLC resolved to
commence an indefinite nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14-day
ultimatum given to the federal government which will elapse Wednesday.
In a press statement Wednesday,
signed by the NLC General Secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson, the congress resolved that
the strike commence in the midnight of Wednesday.
“Representatives of organized
labour, after due consultation and meetings, have therefore agreed that all
unions and our Civil society allies should embark on a warning strike from
midnight of Wednesday, 26th September, 2018,” the statement said.
“All affiliates and state councils
are therefore expected to mobilize their members nationwide to ensure total
compliance.”
“The nationwide warning strike
will remain in force until further directives are conveyed,” the release read.
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