- The NLC on Wednesday, September 26, declared a total strike following its minimum wage issue with the federal government
- The action led to scarcity of buses in some parts of the country, especially in Lagos
- Some Lagosians were on Thursday, September 27, seen trekking as a result of the development
Commuters were seen trekking along Ipaja Road in Lagos on Thursday, September 27, following a declaration of nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over minimum wage issue with the federal government.
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Lagosians seen trekking along Ipaja Road after NLC's declaration of total strike (Photo credit: NAIJ.com)
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The action by the NLC led to difficulty in and increased prices on transportation as there is scarcity of commercial busses to take persons to their destinations.
However, the federal government, through the minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said that the meeting with the NLC on the minimum wage did not end in a deadlock.
Ngige said this in a statement issued in Abuja by Samuel Olowookere, the director of press in the ministry.
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NAIJ.com gathered that the minister met with labour leaders who were part of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage to give them an update on government ’s position.
Moreover, in an earlier post, NAIJ.com reported that the NLC had declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the President Muhammadu-led administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers.
NAIJ.com reported that the strike would start in the midnight of Wednesday, September 26. NLC's sister labour group, the Trade Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday, September 25, announced it would begin strike from the early hours of Thursday, September 27, following the federal government’s failure to honour its ultimatum on the new minimum wage.
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