The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission issued the order on Tuesday night
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The unions under the Joint Kwara Labour Congress gave the ultimatum in a communiqué issued on Monday in Ilorin at the end of its congress.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress had in the early hours of Monday suspended the strike over increase in petroleum pump price and electricity tariff.
The Deputy Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Amaechi Asogwuni, made this known at a news conference on Sunday in Lagos ahead of the strike.
Labour leaders and the Federal Government had met in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the development after organised labour threatened to shut down the economy on September 28, if the hikes were not reversed.
The unions called off the proposed seven days warning strike on Friday after a heated deliberation with the state government in Abeokuta.
The Organised Labour in Kwara State has said the delay in the approval of new minimum wage by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was due to his official engagement outside the state.
Organized Labour in Adamawa State has given the state government up to February 25 to conclude negotiations with it over the national minimum wage or face an indefinite strike action.
The Organised Labour in Niger State has suspended the strike it started on February 4 over non implementation of the N30,000 minimum wages.
The Oyo State Government and Organised Labour on Wednesday reached an agreement on the N30,000 minimum wage passed into law by the Federal Government in 2019.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed state councils to await directive to engage state governors who fails to meet the December 31 deadline implementation of the minimum wage.
Organised labour on Friday commended the decision of the Federal Government to sanction trade unions that had failed to submit details of their yearly audited accounts to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Organised labour has again cautioned the Federal Government on the nation’s rising debt profile, “resulting from government’s unsaturated appetite for borrowing and foreign loans”.
The Organised Labour has called on the Federal Government to quickly finalise the salary adjustment and implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country.
The Organised Labour in Nasarawa State on Wednesday marked this year’s Workers Day with a call on the state government to lift the embargo it placed on in-service training for civil servants.
The Organised Labour in Bayelsa has commended the approval of N30,000 minimum wage for federal workers and N27,000 for the states by the National Council of State.
The protest by the Organised Labour on Tuesday caused heavy traffic on Lagos roads, while many commuters were stranded at the various bus stops.
The Federal Government says it will continue negotiation with Organised Labour on Monday to prevent the threat of strike over non-transmission of the New National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly.
The Federal Government says it will meet with Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over the non-transmission of the New National Minimum Wage bill to the National Assembly.
Ayuba Wabba, President Nigeria Labour Congress, said this when Rosa Pavanelli, General Secretary, Public Service International, visited him in his office in Abuja.