THE two labour centres in the country, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday said thethree days warning strike over non-implementation of N18.000 minimum wage by all levels of governments still subsists and the strike would be total.
Leaders of NLC and TUC said the nation’s air space, seaports, financial sector, petroleum industry, manufacturing and other sectors of the economy would be closed during the strike that is scheduled to commence on Wednesday, July 20.
This came as the Federal Government hasinvited the labour Leaders to another crucial of meeting on Monday to avert the planned strike which thegovernment had alreadyadmitted that the nation’s economy wouldnot be able to absolve.
Earlier meeting with labour on Monday deadlocked as labour rejected among others, the payment time table presented by the federal government in which it said the only workers on level 01 to 06 would benefit from the new wage.
NLC in a statement in Abuja asked Federal government, Lagos and the oil producing states to pay more than N18.000, arguing that they had the capacity topay above the minimumwage.
TUC at a briefing after its National Executive Council, NEC meeting in Lagos, all the 36 states,the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, and the private sector would be shut down during the days of strike.
NLC in a statement by its President, Comrade Abduwaheed Omar said:“It is a total shut-down of the entire country. The D-Day we have decided to commence the nationwide strike for our Minimum Wage to be paid is Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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