The Labour Party has called on workers' unions to re-negotiate with the government for a new minimum wage instead of embarking on industrial action. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos State, Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, emphasized that a strike is not a viable solution as it would lead to further hardship and suffering for Nigerians."Our immediate reaction is that organised labour should not thro...

The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the Federal Government and organized labor for the resolution to avert the indefinite strike in the country.Mr. Smatt Oyerinde, Director-General of NECA, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.NAN reports that organized labor had threatened to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike on October 3 to press home their demands over the effect of...

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA, has appealed to labor unions to shelve the nationwide strike slated to commence on Tuesday, October 3.The unions have fixed the date to embark on an indefinite strike following the removal of fuel subsidies by the federal government.Abubakar, at a public lecture to mark the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary on Friday in Abuja, urged them to sheat...