The decision was taken by the National Executive Council of the NLC during a meeting in Yola, Adamawa State, where the congress inaugurated its Compressed Natural Gas-driven Mass Transit Buses for the North East Zone and discussed the economic challenges facing Nigerian workers.
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President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made the position of the union known in Washington DC, United States of America over the weekend.
Last weekend, the NLC Chairman in the State, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo, ordered council workers to withdraw their services over insecurity in the third tier of government.
This was contained in an MoU reached on Monday at a meeting convened by the federal government and the NLC over the proposed hike in telecom tariffs.
The decision followed a meeting held on Monday and setting up a 10-man Joint Committee to find a middle ground to the dispute.
The Eagle Online is reporting that the NLC and some of its affiliate unions are planning a nationwide protest scheduled for February 4.
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said this in a communique issued at the end of the Congress’s National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, stated this position in a statement made available to newsmen.
NLC, in synergy with workers of the three broadcast stations under the aegis of Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria, RATTAWU, also demanded to be placed on Oracle System.
The demand to withdraw the bills was made by the workers in a new year message by their President, Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday.
It also pleaded with the governor to extend tax holidays for employees in the state public service for another three months as done almost three months ago given the current hardship citizens are grappling with.
The command Spokesman, Moses Yamu, said the Commissioner of Police, Umoru Ozigi, gave the order on Wednesday.
Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this at the 2024 “Harmattan School” with the theme: “Trade unions and the Quest for a New Social Contract.”
Ademola Olapade, Acting Chairman of the NLC, gave the assurance on Sunday in Akure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the proposed strike over the new minimum wage delay.
The Rivers State Council of NLC took this position during an emergency meeting in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, attended by labour leaders.
The state Chairman of NLC, Funmi Sessi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.
The Eagle Online recalls that Ajaero was arrested in the early hours of Monday on his way to the United Kingdom
The Eagle Online recalls that Ajaero was picked up on Monday morning at the airport on his was to the United Kingdom
NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting for Tuesday, 9am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released.
Following the arrest, the NLC alerted all its affiliates, state councils, and Nigerian workers, urging them to remain vigilant and on high alert.