The President of Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, has confirmed that the Organised Labour has suspended its strike action.
Osifo made this known during an interview with Arise News on Thursday morning. He said that the Labour leaders had earlier met with President Bola Tinubu who made ex some commitments to resolve some of the issues raised by them.
Earlier, the Nigerian Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, had said the labour leaders had resolved to wait for the Federation Government to fulfill the agreements it made with them.
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He said, “It is pertinent to inform Nigerians that the extent of the success of the protest is underlined by the request of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu to meet with the leadership of the NLC and TUC in a closed-door session.
“The engagement was fruitful that immense mileage was gotten with regards to the issues that bogged down the work of the Presidential Committee on Subsidy removal and necessitated the protest viz:
“He committed to an immediate restructuring of the framework for engagement in line with the input of the Labour leaders. He let out a certainty that the Port Harcourt Refinery will commence production by December this year. He pledged to ensure that Agreement is reached on the Wage Award for Nigerian workers immediately.
“He promised to unveil a workable roadmap to the CNG alternative next week. On the strength of the President’s pledge and commitment, we have decided for a return to a new and reinvigorated dialogue process to allow for full implementation.
“Once again, we thank Nigerians while we wait for the government to fulfill its own part of the understanding as agreed with His Excellency; the President.”
