FG INVITES NLC OVER UNIONS PLAN TO GO ON INDEFINITE STRIKE

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has once more been called by Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Bako Lalong to a meeting over its upcoming indefinite strike, according to a statement released on Sunday by the office’s director of press and public relations, Olajide Oshundun. The Minister stated that it was crucial that the Unions meet with the Government to settle all outstanding issues in order to prevent further economic disruption when he directed the Department of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations to schedule a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for Monday, September 18, 2023.

He quoted the minister as reiterating President Bola Tinubu’s government’s commitment to “always engage the organised labour and respond to its concerns after due consultation and negotiations.

This is “in order to guarantee industrial harmony which is critical to the attainment of the Renewed Hope Agenda”.

Before now, the Minister had invited the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for talks to avert the two-day strike held between the 5th and 6th of September.

However, “only the TUC showed up for the meeting,” the statement added.