The Federal Government (FG) is currently meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the planned nationwide industrial strike action. Sources told Fedredsnews that the meeting is ongoing at the State House, Abuja.
Recall that the labour unions had pegged announced its determination to commence a nation-wide grounding of activities at both public and private institutions, starting from Tuesday 3rd October 2023.
The unions fixed the date to embark on the indefinite strike following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
The labour unions vowed to paralyse day-to-day activities in the country to mount further pressure on the Federal Government to take palpable, affirmative social intervention measures to ameliorate the sufferings of citizens.
The last-minute meeting of the Federal government with Labour leaders was a final push to avert the impending nationwide strike.
