The General Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson has revealed that the congress has received a letter from the Federal Government inviting labour for discussion.
However, Mr Peter also said that meeting with the government was no longer useful.
The labour union, on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, announced that it will embark on a nation-wide strike action on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
According to reports, the NLC General Secretary said “Yes, we received a letter from the Ministry of Labour inviting us to a meeting on Friday. Although for us, we don’t know what those meetings are for because what needs to be done now is not meetings.
“But in our tradition, (if) you invite us to a meeting, we will come to listen to you.
“But we have passed the stage of meetings upon meetings what needs to be done is for the bill to be sent to the National Assembly, but we will attend the meeting.”
Also, speaking on the issue of minimum wage, the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi said Nigerian states should be allowed to decide how much they can pay their workers and not labour.
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