Chief Bola Tinubu has appealed to organized labour to refrain from initiating a strike.
This plea comes in response to the 14-day nationwide notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).
Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, emphasized that it is not in the Federal Government’s interest for labor unrest to persist.
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The organized labor had given a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government due to the hardships faced by Nigerians.
In response, the minister assured that the Federal Government is committed to fulfilling its promises to workers and will uphold agreements with the unions.
He further urged labor to engage in constructive dialogue with the government, stating, “It is not in the government’s interest for labor 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.”