FCT, Abuja — The President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has made an appeal to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to reconsider their decision to go on a nationwide strike.
Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, stated that it is not in the best interest of the Federal Government for the labor unions to continue with the strike.
The organized labor had given a 14-day ultimatum to the government due to the difficulties faced by Nigerians.
In response, the minister assured that the government will fulfill its promises to the workers and will not fail to honor agreements with the unions.
According to the minister: “Well, we appeal to labour to always see reason with the government. It is not in the government’s interest for the labour to continue to go on strike.
“I think the government keeps its promises. If there are other things that they (NLC, TUC) think they are concerned about, I think that they will sit down with the government and the government is ever ready to listen to labour so that we can have an amicable resolution to all these.
“We appeal with labour, let them come again, around the table to continue to have engagements and conversations around whatever grey areas they think they have in some of these agreements that have already been signed.”
