BREAKING: NLC, TUC Call Off Strike After Talks With Ribadu

The nationwide strike by organised labour has been called off following a meeting between the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC on Wednesday evening.

GWG.ng reports that the government delegation led by the NSA included the minister of labor, Simon Lalong and the minister of state, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha among others.

Speaking after the meeting, Lalong told newsmen that they appealed to the labour leaders to reconsider the strike in the collective interest of the nation.

President of the TUC, Festus Osifo said that the delegaiton had heard the government delegaiton but that the delegates would go back to brief the two labour centres, NLC and TUC.

Following the consultations among the NLC and TUC executives it was resolved to call off the strike which lasted for two days.

GWG.ng reports that organised labour called out workers to protest the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, and the failure’s of the government to implement some of the agreements reached on October 2, 2023 on addressing the removal of fuel subsidies in the country.

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