THERE are indications that the ongoing strike will be suspended later today, Tuesday, following an agreement by the organised labour movement to return to the negotiation table.
Though the Federal Government has not shifted its position on the N60,000 minimum wage, labour is going to push for more when the tripartite committee reconvenes this morning in Abuja.
The committee will meet for one week nonstop in a bid to reach an agreement on a new national wage floor that will be acceptable to the state governments as well as the organised private sector.
A communique issued at the meeting, which was chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, read in part: “Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened on 2nd June, 2024. The Organised Labour declared a nationwide strike on Monday, 3rd June, 2024 to drive home its demands.
