The unions took the decision at the end of a jointly held National Executive Council meeting.
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The body urged the Federal Government to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria to withdraw its directive to financial institutions on the issue, to avert the shutdown.
The President of TUC made the position of the congress known in an interview he granted Channels Television on Wednesday.
Festus Osifo, TUC President, said this during a news conference at the end of a National Executive Council meeting.
Recall that the NLC recently embarked on a nationwide protest over the level of hardship in the country.
He tackled Organised Labour in a statement he made at the inauguration of the Lagos Red Line project on Thursday.
This was disclosed by the President, TUC, Festus Osifo, during a press conference on the economic hardship ravaging the country on Monday in Abuja.
Pedro Obi, National President of NANS, made the appeal at a news briefing in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday.
The protest took place in front of NAFDAC’s office at Plot 1, Industrial Estate, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Isolo, Lagos State.
This was contained in a New Year message by Comrades Festus Osifo, President, and Nuhu Toro, Secretary General, on Wednesday.
A press statement signed on Monday, by Comrade Nuhu A. Toro, TUC Secretary General, said the alleged strike is scheduled to take off at midnight, December 18, 2023.
Festus Osifo, President of TUC, said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
While one might be tempted to view the labour leaders’ mission in Imo State as pristine, the underlying factors are what give them out as hypocrites who have politicised unionism to achieve parochial political interests.
Uwak made the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.
The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
It also accused the government of repeatedly flouting court orders, all the while, demanding strict adherence to judicial rulings from other institutions.
The News Agency of Nigeria observed that students from various public primary and secondary schools were seen on the roads and streets, heading back home.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said this in a statement.
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