The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have both agreed to embark on their proposed industrial action on Wednesday, May 17, as planned. Vanguard sources revealed that both labour groups made this resolve after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on
There had been a court injunction by the national industrial court to stop the
organised labour from embarking on the process, but this appears to have been
ignored by the workers. Instead, it was gatehered that they are planning to
mobilise people ahead of the industrial action which is expected to commence
from 12 midnight. According to Vanguard, the unions had
exhaustive
deliberations on last week’s fuel hike by the federal government and
consequences on the Nigerian workers and the public in general. The source who
spoke with Vanguard reportedly said: “Our decision not to suspend the strike
was further fueled by today’s injunction by the Industrial Court,restraining us
from proceeding on the strike expected to begin tomorrow.” The source stated
further that they may boycott the meeting expected to be held with the
secretary to the government of the federation on Tuesday evening as the
factional NLC, led by the general secretary of the National Union of
Electricity Employees (NUEE), Joe Ajaero, has reportedly ruled himself out of
the strike. NAIJ.com will continue to monitor proceedings from Abuja as both
parties are still expected to reach a final conclusion before the end of
Tuesday.
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