The
presidency, Friday, stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country
to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government
accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new
national minimum wage.
The meeting between the labour leadership and
the representatives of the employers of labour is now scheduled to reconvene on
Thursday, October 4.
By its tripartite nature, the committee is made
up of persons from the public sector, (federal and state governments) and the
private sector made up of the largest private employer group and the Nigeria
Employers Consultative Association (NECA).
Other members include the Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce
Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigerian Association of Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMES).
Invitation letters have since been dispatched
to all the participants.
At the moment, the presidency understands that
the combined leadership of the unions, having met and deliberated on the
position of the government have now set in motion a process of consultations
with their constituent members to determine their next line of action.
The presidency wishes to assure that the
federal government is taking every step necessary to get the unions to call off
the strike.
The NLC strike commenced on Thursday and has
been largely effective across public institutions in Nigeria.
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