Strike: SGF Akume summons Labour to emergency meeting

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By Oluyemi Ogunseyin

03 June 2024 | 3:42 p.m.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has summoned organised labour to an exigency gathering implicit the nationwide onslaught embarked upon connected Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared a nationwide onslaught implicit a projected caller minimum wage pursuing the breakdown of discussions betwixt representatives…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has summoned organised labour to an exigency gathering implicit the nationwide onslaught embarked upon connected Monday.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared a nationwide onslaught implicit a projected caller minimum wage pursuing the breakdown of discussions betwixt representatives of the national government, the organised backstage assemblage and labour.

With organised labour asking for a caller minimum wage of N494,000 and the authorities proposing N60,000, some parties are acold distant from reaching an agreement.

With Nigeria’s system besides crumbling owed to the exercise, SGF Akume has summoned a gathering with labour arsenic 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.

“Yes, we are heading determination now,” Osifo confirmed arsenic reported by the Nation.

The Guardian reported that with the nationwide onslaught taking afloat effect connected Monday, the Federal Government called for a gathering with organised labour scheduled for Tuesday.

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