The Federal Government and the labour unions have agreed on a 30-day plan to implement the MoU signed on October 1 by labour leaders and the representatives of the federal government.
The agreements in the MoU were reached to shelve the planned industrial action by the NLC and TUC.
The MoU covers 15 items, including the protection of union activities from external interference. The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by President Bola Tinubu, approved the plan on Wednesday.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, who presented the memo to the FEC, said that the agreement will be filed in court and that the implementation will start within 30 days.
He said that the government is committed to ensuring a harmonious and good industrial relationship with the labour unions.
“We presented a memo from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and the memo was basically on the agreement between government and the labour. You are already aware that 15 items are parts of the agreement.
“But we went beyond mere agreement, we told them that something different this time is happening because one, part of the agreement is to file it in the court of law which we have set the process already.
“And the other one was the presidential approval. There cannot be any presidential approval more than the Federal Executive Council. So we presented them to the Federal Executive Council. We analyzed each and every aspect of the agreement and to show the genuineness and also provide for harmonious and good industrial relationship and that was why it was presented and it was approved for implementation.
“It was agreed that within 30 days , there must be evidence of implementation and that was the basis of presenting to the Federal Executive Council the memo and the Federal Executive Council also approved it and within these 30 days, we will go on with the implementation of the agreement between labour and government,” he said while briefing State House correspondents
Lalong also said that he has met with the factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, to resolve the crisis in the transport sector.
He assured that he will receive their reports and will not tolerate any interference into union activities after the resolution.
