The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced that the strike will continue on Tuesday despite reaching an agreement with the federal government.
The organized labor commenced an indefinite strike on Monday due to the failure to reach an agreement with the Tripartite Committee on minimum wage.
The industrial action disrupted economic activities nationwide on Monday as workers shut down the national grid, airports, ports, and other public institutions.
However, the protesting workers and a federal government delegation led by George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, reached an agreement in a meeting on Monday evening.
The agreement includes a commitment by the government to pay a minimum wage higher than N60,000, daily meetings of the Tripartite Committee on minimum wage for the next week, and assurance that no worker will be victimized as a result of the industrial action.
The peace pact was signed by representatives of both the government and organized labor.
Despite this, the NLC announced on its X account on Tuesday morning that the strike will continue until the union’s organs meet at a scheduled meeting today, June 4, 2024.
“Until we hear from Our Organs at our Meeting scheduled for today 4th June , We are still on Strike,” the NLC said on X.
