The Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), says it is reconsidering its decision to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
The NLC had given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum with threats of a nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 with a mass protest.
But at the end of the rescheduled presidential steering committee on palliatives meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday, general secretary, NLC, Emma Ugbaja, said President Bola Tinubu’s announced measures were welcomed although they were not comprehensive enough.
Ugbaja said the labour unions would consult with its members to reach a consensus on the next course of action before the day ends.
Earlier, 16 Northern-based civil society groups under the aegis of the Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Organisations have pulled out of the strike action on the grounds that the indefinite strike action will damage the fragile economy and cause more hardship to the ordinary citizens.
The decision to pull out was contained in a statement jointly signed by Chairman and Secretary of the Arewa Coalition, Comrade Ibraheem Suleman Dogo, and Comrade Friday Luka Dalung.
