The Federal Government has announced that the meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress earlier scheduled for Saturday would now hold on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The meeting, which objective is to find ways to end the incessant strike actions by labour, will hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, announced the new date in a text message on Saturday.
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It read, “The meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, 15th Sept at 10am. Venue is Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa. This is to accommodate all participants.”
Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had announced on Friday that a government team would meet with NLC, TUC , some civil society groups as well as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)to discuss the hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price on Saturday and other issues.
Ngige stated that the meeting would provide the government an opportunity to explain to Nigerians the reason for the decision.
But the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said on Friday that the leadership of the congress would not attend the parley because the notice was too sudden.
Wabba stated that the short notice given for the meeting by the government made it impossible for labour leaders who are spread in different locations to be part of the meeting.
It is expected that with the postponement, labour leaders would be able to attend the meeting.
