News reaching FACTUAL NAIJA NEWS has it that the meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to avert an imminent strike action ended on Monday without a concrete resolution to the union’s demands.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, met with the leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja in an effort to stop organised labour from embarking on another industrial action.
Following the NLC’s threat of indefinite strike action over what the Labour Centre tagged as “anti-poor” policies propagated by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, Lalong invited the unionists to a meeting in his office in Abuja on Monday.
The meeting had in attendance senior officials of the ministry, the national president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, the general secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, national president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Titus Amba, among others.
It was learnt that no concrete solution was made nor was any major decision reached at the end of the meeting. Hence, the meeting is expected to continue at a later date.
The minister is also expected to hold a meeting with the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday.
NLC had shunned an earlier meeting arranged by the minister to avert an earlier two-day nationwide strike.