The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has boycotted a meeting convened yesterday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, with a view to averting the two-day warning strike already declared by the Organised Labour.
Recall that the NLC recently announced plans to embark on a nationwide strike today, Tuesday, to protest the hike in petrol pump price, electricity tariff, alongside other issues, and accused the Federal Government of abandoning negotiations.
The Congress also said the Government has failed to implement some of the resolutions reached at previous meetings.
Aligning with the movement, the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, (NUBIFIE), said its members will join the NLC’s two-day strike action.
NUBIFIE, in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Mohammed Sheikh, directed all members to stay off duty during the two-day strike. This means that workers in Nigerian banks such as GTB, Zenith Bank, Access Bank and others as well as insurance companies, are likely to stay-off work.
The Labour leadership boycotted a meeting convened yesterday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, with a view to averting the two-day warning strike already declared by the organised labour. At the boycotted meeting, only the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) by its President, Festus Osifo, reportedly showed for the meeting, slated for 3pm but which started at 5:32pm.
Commenting on the union’s resolve to join the strike on Tuesday, Abakpa Anthony, president NUBIFIE, said members of the bank and insurance companies were also being affected by the economic hardship.
Similarly, the leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has also informed the Federal Government, as well as port users that ports, jetties, terminals, and oil & gas platforms nationwide would be shut down today, Tuesday. In a press statement signed by the MWUN’s Head of Media, Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, informed that this action is in compliance with the 2-day warning strike as directed by the NLC.
