As far as the former director general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman is concerned, Nigeria cannot muster the resources required to meet the demands by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Lukman in a piece titled “Opening Door to Renew the Hope of Workers” argued that if revenue indices are anything to […]
Accordingly, among other agreements, NLC and TUC agreed to consider these offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Shortly following the statement by the Honourable Minister, the Chief of Staff to President Asiwaju Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila announced that the Government has reviewed upward the proposed additional payment to federal government employees from N25,000 to N35,000. Certainly, this may have been necessitated by demands from labour leaders who were early reported to have rejected the N25,000 offer made by President Asiwaju Tinubu.
Late in the evening of October 1, 2023, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mal. Mohammed Idris released a statement announcing resolutions reached between Federal Government and leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC).