At the initial meeting held on June 5, 2023, labour demanded for increase in minimum wage of Nigerian workers, in addition to other palliatives from the Federal Government but the meeting did not reach a conclusion.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Federal Government and a delegation of organised labour are meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja in continuation of talks on how to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.
The meeting started late evening, hours after the industrial court affirmed its earlier restrain on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on a strike to protest the subsidy removal.
In attendance at the meeting is the president of NLC, Joe Ajaero; his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo; the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila’Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Zachaeus Adedeji and the Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen.
Others at the meeting are the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCL), Mele Kyari; the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachallom Daju; the Director General of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed and the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulary Commission, Gbenga Komolafe.
At the initial meeting held on June 5, 2023, labour demanded for increase in minimum wage of Nigerian workers, in addition to other palliatives from the Federal Government but the meeting did not reach a conclusion.