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STALEMATE! NLC declares total strike after failed meeting with federal government
The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared a total strike following a stalemated meeting with the federal government.
The FG had made a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to halt the planned strike by organised labour but the meeting with the delegation led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the leadership of the workers could not resolve the crisis.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja after the meeting, Ayuba Wabba, president of the NLC, said both parties could not reach an agreement at the meeting.
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The NLC president has, therefore, directed workers across the country to ensure full compliance with the industrial action, starting by midnight on Wednesday.
Present at the meeting with a delegation of the federal government were the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other stakeholders of the organised labour.
The workers are demanding a new minimum wage of about N50,000 instead of the current national minimum wage of N18,000.
Most state governors, as well as proponents of true federalism, have, however, argued that states should be allowed to set their own minimum wage especially as many states are barely able to pay the current N18,000 minimum wage.
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