Just In: Labour Suspends nationwide strike
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the planned nationwide strike by the labour unions over a new minimum wage has been shelved for now. the strike was scheduled to start on tuesday1 labour leaders government representatives and organised private sector spent many hours on monday to reach a consensus on a minimum wage1 but it was in vain as the tripartite committee decided to convey the resolution of the meeting to president muhammadu buhari for onward transmission to the national assembly1 the report will be submitted to president buhari on tuesday by 415 pm1 government wants to pay n24000 as minimum wage but the labour leaders are insisting on n300001 president muhammadu buhari on mondayintervened in the impasse by appealing to the labour unions especially the nigeria labour congress nlc to consider the rot his administration inherited from the previous governments1 the president explained that the present government was doing more with the fewer resources at its disposal in putting the nations economy right1 more to follow1