The Federal Government reached an agreement with Labour unions in Nigeria at exactly 2:53 am on Monday, September 28, over a nationwide strike by the NLC.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) disclosed this via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday morning.
The minister also said that the electricity tariffs has been suspended by government for 2 weeks with a joint Committee headed by himself to examine the justification for the new policy.
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Keyamo after sharing the agreement details reached between the Labour and FG, he noted that the proposed Monday, September 28 strike has been suspended.
“FG & LABOUR reach agreement at 2:53 am. Deregulation to stay as Govt rolls out palliatives for labour (details in 2 weeks); Electricity tariffs suspended by Govt for 2 weeks with a joint committee headed by @fkeyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended,” Keyamo tweeted.
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