FG Invites Labour To Emergency Meeting On Tuesday To End Nationwide Strike
To end the ongoing nationwide strike, which has shut down government ministries, schools, banks, and plunged the country into darkness after the national grid was shut down, the Federal Government has invited organised labour to an emergency meeting to seek an end to the strike.
While it is unclear if the Labour Union leadership will accept, the invitation for the meeting comes less than 24 hours after talks between the two parties on a new minimum wage failed on Sunday.
With the soaring cost of living, Nigerians are facing difficult challenges, necessitating an urgent review of the current minimum wage, which is among the lowest in Africa.
Although President Bola Tinubu inaugurated a committee in January 2024 to review the country’s minimum wage, negotiations between the Federal Government and Labour Unions regarding a new minimum wage to address the country’s current economic challenges have stalled.
Initially, the Nigeria Labour Congress proposed N615,500 and later N497,000, while the Federal Government proposed N48,000. Although the government increased its offer to N60,000, talks between the parties failed on Sunday after the Labour Unions demanded N494,000 as the new wage.
