Workers, on Thursday, in Ogun, complied with the warning strike, as directed by the organised labour to protest the slow pace of action by the federal government on the new national minimum wage.
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Public and civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory stayed away from their offices, which remained under lock and key.
The warning strike called by Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress over disagreements on the adoption of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers was effective in some parts of the country.
The Organised Labour has called on workers from all sectors of the economy to comply with the seven days nationwide warning strike over refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the negotiation on Minimum Wage.
The General-Secretary of the NLC, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, gave the directive in a bulletin on the planned strike, issued in Abuja on Thursday.
The Trade Union Congress on Tuesday insisted organised labour would commence strike from early hours of Thursday, September 27, following Federal Government’s failure to honour its ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
Joe Ajaero, President, United Labour Congress said in a communique issued after its meeting on Monday in Lagos.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Jigawa chapter, Malam Usman Ya’u made the disclosure in Dutse on Sunday.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the congress on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Acting National Chairman, Abiodun Bamgboye and National Secretary, Chinedu Bosah, made the assertion in a joint statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Thursday.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, noting that the ultimatum was uncalled for.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Labour leaders had on Wednesday cautioned the Federal Government against foot-dragging on the new minimum wage and allow the tripartite committee to conclude its job to avoid action.
The Presidency has reassured workers of the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to an increase in the minimum wage.
Ozo-Esan gave this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Bobboi Kaigama, announced on Wednesday that a new amount agreed on by the Federal Government and labour to serve as Nigeria’s new minimum wage would be announced next month.
Some of the Civil servants, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, said it would amount to double standard on the part of the government if it reneged on the September deadline.
Okoh made the appeal in his presidential address at the Second Session of the 10th Synod of the Diocese of Abuja, holding at Basilica of Grace, Gudu, Abuja, on Friday.
Goje made this known to briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja shortly after the passage of the 2018 Appropriation Bill.
Masari, while addressing workers during the 2018 Workers Day celebration in Katsina, said that the Nigeria labour Congress should not only focus on securing a new minimum wage but also on what would make the new wage meaningful.
Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress, said this during the 2018 May Day celebration for workers in the country on Tuesday in Abuja.