On Monday evening, October 2, the Organized Labour agreed to call off its indefinite strike scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

 

This was decided upon following a roughly five-hour discussion between the federal government and organized labor at the Chief of Staff Conference Room of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Simon Lalong, the minister of labor and employment, announced the outcome of the meeting to State House reporters, saying, “The NLC and TUC accept to suspend for 30 days the planned indefinite nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.”

 

According to Lalong, the memo must be submitted to the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction as a consent judgment by the Federal Government within a week.

 

NLC President Joe Ajaero, however, stated that if the FG did not meet the unions’ requests, they will review the agreement.

Before the agreement was reached, the organised labour had threatened to pull out of the meeting following the government’s insistence that the N35, 000 Provisional salary increment would only last for six months.

The labour had accused the government team of reneging on what was agreed on Sunday night to the effect that the N35, 000 Provisional salary increment which is across board, would be paid till when new minimum wage would be negotiated and implemented from next year.

But reading the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, at the end of the meeting, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, said the Organised labour has suspended the planned indefinite strike for 30 days.

The MoU also mandated the Minister of Labour to look into the withheld salaries of university staff