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The Federal Government, on Sunday, met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on measures to address the dispute arising from the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol.<\/div>\n
\nRising from the meeting, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Sunday night, said part of the resolutions reached during the meeting was that labour unions would consider the apex government offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNLC and TUC will consider the offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the planned strike to allow for further consultations on the implementation of the resolutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other resolutions, he said, included, \u201cThe issues in dispute can only be resolved when workers are at work and not when they are on strike.”<\/p>\n

Following the new offers which extended the minimum wage increase to all workers, the FG issued a statement on the talks.<\/p>\n

The full text of the statement read thus:<\/p>\n

FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS STATEMENT ON THE MEETING BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC), AND TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS (TUC).<\/p>\n

The Federal Government, on Sunday, October 1, 2023 met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on measures to address the dispute arising from the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).<\/p>\n

The parties noted the following:<\/p>\n

i) The Federal Government has announced N25,000 only as provisional wage increment for all treasury-paid federal government workers for six months.<\/p>\n

ii) The Federal Government is committed to fast-tracking the provision of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to ease public transportation difficulties associated with the removal of PMS subsidy.<\/p>\n

iii) The Federal Government commits to the provision of funds for micro and small-scale enterprises.<\/p>\n

iv) VAT on diesel will be waived for the next 6 months.<\/p>\n

v) The Federal Government will commence payment of N75,000 to 15 million households at N25,000 per month, for a three-month period from October-December 2023<\/p>\n

RESOLUTIONS:<\/p>\n

In light of the discussions held during the meeting, the following resolutions were reached:<\/p>\n

i) The issues in dispute can only be resolved when workers are at work and not when they are on strike.<\/p>\n

ii) Labour Unions argued for higher wage award and the Federal Government Team promised to present Labour\u2019s request to President Bola Tinubu for further consideration.<\/p>\n

iii) A sub-committee to be constituted to work out the details of implementation of all items for consideration regarding government interventions to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.<\/p>\n

iv) The lingering matter of Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State needs to be addressed urgently and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who participated virtually, pledged to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n

v.) NLC and TUC will consider the offers by the Federal Government with a view to suspending the planned strike to allow for further consultations on the implementation of the resolutions above.<\/p>\n

Governor Abdulrazak Abdulrahman of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, participated virtually in the meeting, chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance were the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, the Minister of State, Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.<\/p>\n

The labour delegation was led by NLC President, Joe Ajaero, Dr Tommy Etim Okon, Deputy President, TUC, NLC General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, TUC General Secretary, Nuhu Toro, among others.<\/p>\n

Mallam Mohammed Idris
\nMinister of Information and National Orientation
\nOctober 1, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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