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JUST IN: FG Invites NLC, TUC To Emergency Meeting To Avert Impending Strike

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Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government on Friday invited the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) to an emergency meeting.

This news medium understands that the meeting was fixed by the Federal Government to avert the planned nationwide strike on October 3.

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The unions had announced that workers would proceed on indefinite strike over the government’s failure to provide palliatives to cushion the effect of the removal of subsidy on petrol.

Comrade Joe Ajaero, NLC Chairman

Among other things, the NLC and the TUC are asking for wage awards, implementation of palliatives, tax exemptions and allowances to public sector workers and a review of the minimum wage.

The meeting is scheduled to be held later this evening at Aso Villa, Conference Room of the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.

Further Reading 

According to Vanguard, the Federal Government had earlier fixed the meeting for 12 noon today but had shifted the meeting to evening to enable organised labour to reach out to their leaders outside Abuja.

According to sources, the NLC and its TUC counterpart received the government’s invitation this morning through the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

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