The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their nationwide industrial action for one week to allow uninterrupted meetings with the federal government tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage.
The organized labour downed tools on Monday, June 3, to protest the recent hike in electricity tariff and lack of consensus on a new minimum wage.
The strike paralyzed activities in critical sectors of the economy with airports, schools, businesses, hospitals, shut. The entire country was thrown into darkness as the labour unions in the early hours of Monday, shut down the national grid.
The decision to suspend the industrial action, followed a meeting on Tuesday morning between the labour leaders and the federal government tripartite committee.
Expectedly, the parties will work towards resolving the minimum wage issue and arrive at an agreeable national minimum wage without further disruptions.
Festus Osifo, TUC president, who confirmed the suspension in Abuja on Tuesday after a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions, said a communique would be issued by labour today.
He said: “A joint NEC meeting of TUC/NLC has approved to relax the industrial action for one week with immediate effect.”