Nigeria Labour Congress has put plans in place for a nationwide strike to begin August 2,2023.
Though a court order which barred the congress from going on strike in June still stands, However the congress noted that it could not fold its arms while Nigerians continued to suffer the effects of subsidy removal which has led to untold hardship.
According to the report, Tinubu’s administration dragged the organized labour to court earlier in June to prevent a nationwide strike following the initial removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol.
Though the government set up a committee to liaise with the organized labour, officials of the Trade Union Congress and the NLC said the committee had failed to engage labour in a dialogue.
Hakeem Ambali, the National treasurer of the NLC said, “Yes. We issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to conclude all negotiations with labour or face industrial action yesterday by the Central Working Committee.”
Failure of the government to meet the ultimatum would lead to a nationwide strike.
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