This followed an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting which started at 8:30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am this morning.
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Dr. Muda Yusuf, Director-General LCCI, made the assertion in a statement on Sunday.
Yakubu said this during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the planned strike by the organised labour slated for Monday.
The purpose is a last ditch effort to see the possibility of averting the strike action slated for Monday
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal in Lagos at a meeting with the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria
The NGF, comprising state governors of the 36 states, in a communique issued at the end of its teleconference emergency meeting on Thursday, also opposed the planned industrial action by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress over the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff.
Its Chairman, Lagos State Council, Gbenga Ekundayo, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos that the union decided to postpone it in order to hold a unified protest with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said this on Tuesday at the meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour over the recent increase in the cost of petrol and electricity tariffs
Fuel, electricity price hike: FG, Labour fail to agree after nine hours meeting
The union stated its position in a letter to President Buhari on Monday by its President, Quadri Olaleye, and Secretary General, Musa Lawal. M. Ozigi
Adebowale Adekola, the Chairman of TUC in the state, gave the commendation on Tuesday in Osogbo.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, expressed the opposition in a statement on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the unions are Trade Union Congress, National Union of Local Government Employees and Nigeria Union of Teachers.
The President of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, has called on the three tiers of government to grant three months tax holidays to Nigerian workers.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has advised the Federal Government not to invite Chinese doctors to assist the country in combating Coronavirus pandemic.
The Trade Union Congress has called on the Federal Government to grant tax holidays to business owners in the country to enable them cushion the adverse economic effects associated with the outbreak of coronavirus.
Alhaji Umar Alhassan, the state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, who briefed newsmen at the end of an Executive Council Meeting on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, said all workers had been directed to prepare for strike on March 3
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.
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 labour movement in Kwara State has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the state government to resolve all issues relating to the new minimum wage.