JUST IN: Senate President, Governors To Meet Labour Tonight Over Imminent Strike

• Senate President Akpabio and the Nigeria Governors Forum call for an emergency meeting with Organized Labour.

• The meeting is scheduled for tonight, according to sources familiar with the matter.

• Nigeria Labour Congress announced an indefinite strike starting June 3, 2024.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a bid to avert the planned nationwide strike, 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 Punch on Sunday afternoon.

“A meeting has been summoned by the Senate President and the Nigeria Governors Forum.

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The meeting will be held tonight,” a well-informed 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.

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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.

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