There is no Nigerian that will tell you he is not aware of the NLC even if he does not know that it is an acronym for the Nigeria Labour Congress. What the average Nigerian knows about them is that they always go on strike at the drop of a hat, strikes that have lost their meaning because they always achieve almost nothing.
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The following day, NEC will accept to temporarily call off the general strike after accepting the meagre offer on the table while claiming offer demands will be eventually met. Workers who had been mobilised, riled up and emotionally charged would be demobilized, downcast and disappointed with their radical leaders who suddenly turned coat and became docile and “reasonable”. That’s the end of the story until the next general strikes.
“Mr President is determined to go with what the committee has set. He is also looking at the welfare of Nigerians,” he said.
The TUC president Festus Osifo said this on Tuesday in Abuja after a joint extraordinary national executive council (NEC) meeting of the unions.
“The spreading of outright falsehood to mislead the public instead of working with other stakeholders to resolve the issues raised by Nigerian workers via the NLC and TUC is not helpful in any way.”
Memos from the education sector directing the same compliance came from the College of Education Academic Staff Union, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, Nigeria Union of Teachers, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities also mobilise for the strike.
A statement by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Sunday, said there is a subsisting valid court injunction restraining the Labour Union from embarking on any strike.
The National Assembly said the meeting was to “avert the impending industrial action” to commence on Monday, June 3, 2024, “which would have severe repercussions on the populace and economy”.
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), has urged organised labour to shelve its planned indefinite strike as it could reverse the recent marginal gains on the economy.
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has called for better pay, insurance coverage and pension for journalists across the country.