Minimum wage: NSWIC to meet Labour amid nationwide strike

The National Salaries Wages and Income Commission (NSWIC) has scheduled a gathering with organised labour implicit the ongoing nationwide onslaught which started connected Monday.

The leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) person declared a nationalist onslaught pursuing their nonaccomplishment to scope an statement with the Federal Government connected a caller minimum wage.

Organised labour had demanded a caller minimum wage of N497,000 for Nigerian workers but aft respective meetings, the Federal Government projected the sum of N60,000.

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The labour unions had besides failed to scope an statement with the authorities connected the reversal of the caller hike successful energy tariffs, starring to a nationwide onslaught opening connected Monday.

In a bid to halt the ongoing nationwide strike, the Federal Government done the National Salaries Wages and Income Commission, has asked for a gathering with the leaders of organised labour.

With Nigeria’s system besides crumbling owed to the strike, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume has besides summoned organised labour to an exigency meeting.

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The projected gathering was confirmed by the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo.

Osifo disclosed that labour leaders made up of the NLC and TUC were connected their mode to the SGF bureau for the meeting.

With the nationwide onslaught taking afloat effect, immoderate affiliated agencies person besides joined organised labour successful the exercise.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Emmanuel Osodeke, successful a connection addressed to the subdivision chairpersons and zonal coordinators of the association, directed assemblage lecturers crossed Nigeria to amusement solidarity with organised labour by joining the strike.

Aviation unions including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) directed their members to instrumentality portion successful the nationwide strike.

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) besides directed members astatine each ports, jetties, terminals, and lipid and state platforms to guarantee full compliance with the strike.

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The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) requested each executives to mobilise their members for full compliance with the onslaught directive.

The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) besides directed their members to articulation the nationwide strike.

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) directed each branches to guarantee compliance with the strike, ensuring a full shutdown of each courts and judicial institutes crossed Nigeria.