The meeting however was broken up halfway as labour union leaders stormed out and thereafter decided to embark on an indefinite strike.
Speaking afterwards, the General Secretary of the NLC, Peter Ozo-Eson, said members could not continue to put up with the government’s unbending attitude towards their demands.
“The talks with government broke down because it was not ready to address the issues the NLC placed on the table for discussion; so we left,” Mr. Ozo-Eson said.
“They said they wanted to discuss minimum wage and palliatives. But, those were not issues we were ready to start any discussion with,” he said.
According to him, labour was only interested in a complete reversal of the fuel price and electricity tariff.
Labour unions are agitating for the reversal of a 67% fuel price hike and an increment of the N18,000 minimum wage for workers among other things. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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