NLC And TUC Emergence Meeting With Nigerian Government’s Representatives Over Short Notice

NLC And TUC Emergence Meeting With Nigerian Government’s Representatives Over Short Notice

The government summoned an emergency meeting meeting with the leaders of NLC and TUC in an effort to sway organised labour and its allies to shelve the industrial action.

The meeting, which was scheduled for Friday, 12 noon at Aso Villa, Conference Room of the Office of the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, was later shifted to evening, to allow NLC and TUC to reach their leaders outside Abuja.

NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria  failed to adhere to the meeting  called by  the representatives of the President Bola Tinubu ledNigerian government in a desperate effort to avert the planned nationwide strike from October

With the right  sources, the NLC and its TUC counterpart received the government’s invitation on Friday morning through the federal ministry of labour and employment.

The letter titled “Impending labour union strike invitation to a meeting”, read in part: “I bring you greetings from the Honourable Ministers of Labour and Employment.

“I am directed to invite the leadership of the Trade Union Congress Nigeria (TUC) for a meeting with the Chief of Staff to Mr. President on the above subject

According to the two labour centres, the government’s invitation came late as they had already scheduled engagements outside Abuja, the federal capital.

Recall that the NLC and TUC, had on September 26, declared indefinite strike starting from October 3.

The planned nationwide strike, among others, is to force the government to address its alleged insensitivity to the plights of Nigerians as a result of the removal of petrol subsidy and continuous demonstration of unwillingness and complete lack of initiative.