Organized Labour Bows To FG - Calls Off Nation Wide Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have suspended the general strike and protests called to denounce the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federarl Government.
The suspension of the strike and protests was announced by the presidents of the NLC and TUC, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar and Mr. Peter Esele respctively.
The announcement came six hours after President Goodluck Jonathan announced a reduction of the pump price of petrol from N141 to N97.
The labour leaders said the decision to suspend the strike and protests was reached at the National Executive Council meetings of NLC and TUC, held on Saturday in Abuja.
They also said the N97 price was unilaterally reached by the Federal Government and that Labour remained resolute on its demand for a reversal to N65. They also said they would continue to hold discussions with government on the implementation of the contentious deregulation programme.
They also said they would expect the retired Justice Alfa Belgore Committee raised by government to mediate with Labour to address core issues.
They listed them to include corruption and government’s figures about consumption of
The announcement confirmed rumours making the rounds since Friday that Labour would suspend the strike, which entered the sixth day on Monday.
Shock and disbelief greeted the announcement, as protests were taking place in some cities across the country.