The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some commercial banks in Ibadan metropolis also shut down their activities in compliance with the directive by the labour groups.
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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 Federal Government is currently holding a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress Trade Union Congress and other stakeholders over the planned nationwide 7-day warning strike expected to commence midnight Wednesday, September 26.
The Kaduna State Chapter of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria says it has mobilised its members to join Thursday’s nationwide strike over minimum wage called by organised labour.
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.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, and Ebere Ifendu, the National Publicity Secretary, Labour Party, stated this at a joint news conference on Thursday in Abuja
The Organised Labour has given the Federal Government an ultimatum of 14 days to conclude deliberations on the new National Minimum Wage.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Bayelsa Chapter, has appealed to state governors and stakeholders to support efforts by the Federal Government to implement a new minimum wage.
Workers in Osun on Monday, returned to work after the expiration of a three-day warning strike they embarked upon on the directive of the state Joint Labour Unions.
Workers in Osun are to begin a three-day warning strike on Wednesday to press home their demands, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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.
The union stated this in a statement signed by its president, Dr. Bobboi Bala Kaigama and its Secretary General, Musa-Lawal Ozigi, the union stressed that the recovered lot should be tied to projects so as to make life worth living for the people.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okechukwu was returned unopposed at the state TUC Triennial Delegates Conference in Awka on Monday.
Oshiomhole spoke while receiving a delegation of the Trade Union Congress, led by its President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama.
Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, dismissed the report in a statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, Director Press in the ministry
Wabba said this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the union suspended its six weeks nationwide strike on Thursday in Abuja.
The position of the Unions was contained in a statement by the Chairman of the NLC in the state, Comrade Jacob Adekomi.
The leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress made the call during the May Day celebration at U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, on Tuesday.
NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this during a Pre-May Day Symposium organised by the NLC and the Trade Union Congress on Monday in Abuja.
Representatives of the organised labour told journalists on Friday during the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on New Minimum Wage held at Premier Hotel in Ibadan.