The organised labour will tomorrow (midnight of Wednesday) commence a nationwide strike to compel the Federal Government in the ongoing negotiations over a new national minimum wage.
The strike option was agreed by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC) after an emergency meeting in Lagos.
A statement yesterday by the National labour Congress (NLC) addressed to all industrial unions and all NLC state councils, informed them of the commencement of a nation-wide warning strike in respect of the non-implementation of the National Minimum Wage, effective from midnight of Wednesday, September 26, 2018.
The statement by the NLC Secretaory General, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson directed all industrial unions and state councils to commence mobilisation immediately for an effective strike action, nation-wide.“
“All public and private institutions, offices, banks, schools, public and private business premises including filling station are to remain shut till further noticed,” he said.
TUC, had also asked its members to commence the strike.
The workers are demanding a new minimum wage of about N50,000 instead of the current national minimum wage of N18,000. Most state governors as well as proponents of true federalism have, however, argued that states should be allowed to set their own minimum wage especially as many states are barely able to pay the current N18,000 minimum wage.
On Wednesday, Mr Wabba said the NLC was open to dialogue on the strike.
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