NLC suspends strike after 'fruitful meeting with Tinubu'

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has announced the resumption of talks with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, thus suspending its ongoing strike action.

Following a fruitful closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu, the union has opted to engage in discussion with the president Tinubu-led government, according to a statement released by union leader Joe Ajero on Wednesday night.

The union revealed that President Tinubu had, among other things, pledged to immediately restructure the framework of engagement in accordance with labour leadership’s input, to have the Port Harcourt refinery operational by December, and to see to it that an immediate agreement was reached for an increase in the wages of Nigerian workers.

“On the strength of the president’s pledge and commitment, we have decided for a return to a new and reinvigorated dialogue process to allow full implementation,” statement by the union read.

The Joe Ajero led union further disclosed that it had been served a court summon for contempt of the court.

“it is also important that we inform Nigerians that we have just recieved a court summon purporting to charge us with contempt of the court,” the statement read.

The union leadership further urged Nigerian workers both from the public and private sector to “resume at the Courts wherever they may be across the nation on the days of court siting to hear the contempt proceeding against the leadership of the trade union.”