NLC, TUC give update on strike after meeting with Tinubu, reveals next line of action

Amid nationwide protests, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero, and his counterpart of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, have given an update regarding their meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, August 2nd, a few hours after the planned strike of organised labour.

The labour leaders, who exited the Villa about 30 minutes after they arrived at 5:38 pm, said the President made some commitments to address some issues which need immediate attention, Channels TV reported.

They said they would report to their executive committees where a decision would be taken on the ongoing protest, adding that Labour would conduct its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, August 3rd, and all the issues would be considered, The Cable report added.

A few hours after the planned protest of the organised Labour, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is meeting with their leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Those in the meeting with Tinubu are the presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo respectively.

The meeting comes a few hours after the unions followed through on their plans to protest the economic hardship triggered by the discontinuance of petrol subsidy by the Tinubu-led administration.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has refuted President Bola Tinubu's claim that over N1 trillion has been saved since his government stopped paying for fuel subsidy.

Speaking during the ongoing nationwide protest of organised labour, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, said the Federal Government's committee put together to negotiate with the unions revealed that no money was saved since the subsidy was removed.