By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
NIGERIA’S organised labour under the aegis of the joint National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has suspended the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike.
The industrial action entered its second day on Wednesday.
The decision was reached at a meeting on Wednesday evening that deliberated on the outcome of an earlier interface with the Federal Government led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.
The TUC President, Festus Osifo, confirmed the suspension on Wednesday evening.
He said labour has received a commitment from the Ribadu-led meeting that those arrested for the physical assault on NLC President, Joe Ajaero, would be prosecuted.
The NSA promised to bring both parties back to the table to iron out all issues in dispute, tendering an unreserved apology on behalf of the Federal Government for the brutalisation of Ajaero and other members of the congress.
The meeting was held at the office of the NLSA with the TUC President, Festus Osifo; the NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja; and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, among others, in attendance.
At the end of the meeting, which was held behind closed doors, both the labour minister and the TUC President said they had a robust conversation on the issues at stake.
Recall that the strike came on the heels of the physical assault Ajaero was subjected to in Imo State two weeks ago when he and other NLC members were in the South-East state for a protest over the “non-payment of salaries and pensions for 44 months and violation of other labour rights”.
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