The Federal Government and the Organised Labour are currently in a meeting in an effort to address the concerns raised by the labour unions.
This meeting follows the recent removal of petroleum subsidy and suspension of an earlier planned strike.
The meeting took place at the conference room of the Chief of Staff, where both parties reconvened for a follow-up session to the previous meeting held on June 5.
Certain agreements made during the last session resulted to the labor union’s planned strike being postponed until the next session, which is set for today, June 19.
Representatives from the Trade Union Congress (TUC), headed by President Festus Osifo, and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by President Joe Ajaero, were present at the meeting. Femi Gbajabiamila, the chief of staff to the president, Zachaeus Adedeji, Olu Verheijen, and Kachallom Daju, the permanent secretary of the ministry of labor and employment, served as the government’s representatives on this side of the table.
Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Gbenga Komolafe, and Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), among others, were also in attendance.
Many agreements were made at the previous meeting on June 5. The creation of a joint committee to examine proposals for pay increases or awards and create a plan and timetable for their implementation was one of them.
The Federal Government, the TUC, and the NLC additionally concurred to review the World Bank Financed Cash Transfer Scheme and investigate the possibility of including low-income people in the program. They also talked about the revival of the Compressed Natural Gas conversion program, which had been previously agreed upon with the labour centers in 2021.
