DAILY POST reports that the union had earlier announced that it would commence an industrial action effective today, June 7.The Trade Union Congress, TUC, was the first to toe that line after a similar meeting with the FG, with the NLC absent during the earlier dialogue.
“The Federal Government, the TUC and the NLC would review the World Bank Financed Cash transfer scheme and propose the inclusion of low-income earners in the programme”, the communique reads in part. “You have seen the communique the national body signed; they have confirmed to us they were part of it. All those things stated therein were the issues they raised before the federal government.
“That would have made them to hasten the discussion and come up with a workable agreement. Thereafter, the new price regime can now come in. He maintained that Nigeria would not continue to subsidise fuel consumption in neighbouring countries. DAILY POST reported that the National Industrial Court granted the FG’s application and ordered the Labour unionsThe FG had submitted that the proposed strike could disrupt economic activities, the health sector and the educational sector.
TUC also asked that “A representative of state governors would be a party to any negotiation and must commit to implementing the new minimum wage.” “The increase has led to the suffering of the masses. Imagine paying N550 per litre of fuel in Ebonyi here. Go back to the status quo and let us have room for negotiation. There is a need to listen to the poor.
He stated that the government should have put in place measures and palliatives to cushion the effect of the new policy. ”I cannot say exactly whether they are carried along because I don’t have that privilege of that information. However, it is normal for state governments to wait and decide from agreements between labour or critical stakeholders and the federal government.
“Ordinarily, even with the communique that is coming now, issues ought to have been discussed and the communique in place before he removed the fuel subsidy. However, the Director-General of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, MINILS, Ilorin, Comrade Issa Aremu, hailed the ongoing dialogue between FG and the Labour union.
Comrade Aremu commended the initiative of President Bola Tinubu for meeting with labour leaders, which he described as “not only labour friendly but a leader that is accessible and open to engagement”.
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