{"id":106758,"date":"2023-08-04T02:23:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106758"},"modified":"2023-08-04T02:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:23:53","slug":"breaking-nlc-threatens-nationwide-strike-august-14-over-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-nlc-threatens-nationwide-strike-august-14-over-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NLC threatens nationwide strike August 14 over lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigeria Labour Congress, Thursday, said it would commence a nationwide strike on August 14, 2023, should the Federal Ministry of Justice fail to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the organized labour.<\/p>\n<p>The NLC made the decision during its National Executive Council meeting which was held in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement signed by the national president, Joe Ajaero, the Ministry of Justice and National Industrial Court have continued to allow themselves to be used as agents of\u00a0\u201canti-democracy.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the decisions of the NEC, Ajaero said the NEC resolved \u201cto support and affirm the decision to suspend further protest on the nationwide mass protest; to commit to maintaining the required vigilance needed to hold government accountable on its assurances and governance in general; To commit to the terminal date of August 19, 2023, within which the issues around the Petroleum price hike will be agreed given the assurances of the President and the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo go on total strike across the country any day labour leaders are summoned to court by the government through the NICN. To demand the immediate withdrawal of this litigious terrorism by the Federal Ministry of Justice before the end of work Friday, the 11th of August, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo embark on a nationwide comprehensive strike beginning Monday, 14th of August, 2023 if this contemptuous court summons is not withdrawn by whosoever\u00a0initiated\u00a0it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The centre noted that though it agreed to suspend protests based on its meeting with the President, it will embark on a nationwide strike starting from August 14, 2023, should the government fail to withdraw the lawsuit filed against it.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Labour Congress, Thursday, said it would commence a nationwide strike on August 14, 2023, should the Federal Ministry of Justice fail to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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