We Have No Agreement With Government To Suspend Strike – NLC

By Simeon OSAJIE

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it does not have any agreement with the federal government to suspend its planned strike.

Head of Information, and Public Affairs, NLC, Benson Upah said this in a statement on Tuesday 28, 2023.

Refuting a statement by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Upah also said the NLC did not have any date for a meeting with government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike.

NLC statement read: “We do not have any agreement with the government to suspend the planned strike action, neither do we have any date for a meeting with government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike.

“While we do not intend to demean or minimise the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, this matter is beyond the Ministry. This should have been obvious to them during our most recent meeting.

“While we appreciate the role played by the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Barrister Simon Lalong in securing the release of the executives of the National Union of Road Transport Workers from unlawful/illegal police detention, we take exception to the Ministry describing these executives as factional leaders.”

Going further, the statement added: “They were lawfully elected into office. We still find it necessary to advise the police and those elements behind their travails to desist from this  despicable and shameful conduct. They are advised to retrace their steps.

“If democracy is to be of meaning to us, then we should resist the urge or temptation for impunity. Enough is enough”.