LABOUR CALLS OFF STRIKE
FEATURED Labour calls off strike Published November 21-2018 *Committee submits report to Buhari Tuesday Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The organised labour union has called off the nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence on Tuesday to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension at the end of the last meeting of the tripartite committee set up to come up with the new minimum wage on Monday evening. Wabba said the decision to suspend the action was reached after agreements were reached and documents signed. “Having reached this position and agreements signed, the proposed strike action is hereby suspended,” the labour leader said. Wabba, however, refused to disclose the figure of the new minimum wage arrived at by the committee. He said the figure would only be made public after the committee’s report would have been presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by 4.15pm