The meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly, the Executive Arm of government, and the Organised Labour led by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has ended in deadlock after four hours.
The meeting was convened at the instance of the NASS leadership concerning the proposed industrial action by the Labour Unions over the yet-to-be-approved minimum wage for workers.
Speaking after the failed meeting to force the Organised Labour to call off the proposed strike, the President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Festus Osifo said they do not have the powers to suspend the strike against the backdrop that there are organs that they must report to before a final decision could be taken.
Osifo said, “There was an appeal from the Senate President to call off the strike. On our part, we said we cannot sit here and just call off the strike because we need to report to our people. We will take all their pleas to our organs. For now, we do not have the powers to call off the strike.”