The Anambra State Chapter Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Humphrey Nwafor says the state recorded ninety per cent compliance on the ongoing nationwide strike over the minimum wage.
Nwafor, who disclosed this to journalists in Awka, said the shutting down of offices across federal and state MDAs was successful.
“To be honest with you, I am very delighted with the Anambra worker’s total compliance. We ensured that no office was open for any administrative businesses,” Nwafor said
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
in a meeting held earlier on Thursday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) gave further details about why their joint National Executive Council suspended the indefinite nationwide strike that began on May 3rd.
A communique jointly signed by NLC and TUC Presidents, Comrades Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s personal offer to commit to paying Nigerian workers a higher national minimum wage and the need to create an ambiance for the negotiations to continue unhindered are the chief reasons labour decided to “relax the strike.”
The organised labour went on to express hope that the Federal government will commit to a concrete and acceptable National Minimum Wage and take definitive steps to reverse the electricity tariff hike to back N66/kwh and abolish the discriminatory classification of electricity consumers into Bands.
The statement reads; “Following the successful commencement of the indefinite nationwide strike action initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on June 3, 2024, the National Executive Councils (NEC) of both organizations convened a joint meeting to deliberate on the recent offer from the Federal Government of Nigeria concerning a higher national minimum wage at a meeting which lasted several hours yesterday.
“The NEC also reviewed the government’s position on other critical demands, particularly the reversal of the electricity tariff hike and the cessation of the discriminatory classification of electricity consumers into Bands.
