The meeting between the federal government and the
leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled to hold on Friday to
prevent the looming nationwide strike by the union failed to take place.
Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu,
and Simon Lalong, minister of labour and employment, were at the presidential
villa to meet with the leaders of the NLC who did not show up.
The labour had threatened to embark on an indefinite
nationwide strike from October 3 over the removal of the petrol subsidy by the
federal government and its attendant impacts on Nigerians.
The NLC had earlier embarked on a two-day warning strike early this month after which the federal government was given a 21-day ultimatum to meet their demands.
The ultimatum expired on Tuesday without the government
attending to the requests of the union.
Lalong had also said the federal government was working to
avert the impending strike by the union.
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, had advised the union to shelve the planned strike and consider the plight of Nigerians.
Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney general of the federation (AGF)
and minister of justice, had asked organised Ilabour not to go ahead with the
planned strike, citing a subsisting court order.
The AGF said organised labour should respect the order
issued by the national industrial court on June 5, restraining it and the Trade
Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on strike.
Fagbemi had said that the judgement remains binding and
enforceable until set aside, noting that going ahead with the strike would
amount to a disregard for the dignity and integrity of the court.
It is unclear if the NLC will meet with the federal
government before October 3 when the nationwide strike is billed to kick off.
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