After a negotiation between the federal government and labour that ended 2am Monday, Nigeria’s labour unions decided to suspend the strike planned for Sept 28 in protest against furl price hike and increase in electricity tariffs.
Consequently, a deal was sealed: the federal government will suspend the proposed hike in electricity tariffs for two weeks.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, read the five-page communique signed by the representatives of the government and labour.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba; and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Quadri Olaleye, amongst others signed on behalf of Organised Labour while the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngig, Minister of State Petroleum, Timipre Silva, Minister of State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and others, signed on behalf of the government.
“We signed a document to suspend the action for two weeks for the government to implement those things that we agreed in the agreement. So, we are suspending for two weeks,” said Olaleye.
“We don’t need a notice again to re-convene if there is a need to do that.”
“The parties agreed to set up a technical committee comprising Ministries, Departments, Agencies, NLC and TUC.
It would work for a duration of two weeks effective September 28, to examine the justifications for the new policy “in view of the need for the validation of the basis for the new cost-reflective tariff as a result of the conflicting information from the fields which appeared different from the data presented to justify the new policy by NERC; metering deployment, challenges, timeline for massive rollout.”
The members of the committee include the Minister of State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) as Chairman, Minister of State Power, Godwin Jedy-Agba, Chairman, National Electricity Regulatory Commission, James Momoh, Special Assistant to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmad Zakari as the Secretary.
Other members are Onoho’Omhen Ebhohimhen, Joe Ajaero (NLC), Chris Okonkwo (TUC) and a representative of electricity distribution companies.
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Dafena gragra
September 28, 2020 at 7:57 pm
What we want is a total removal of the increase of petrol and electricity,anything outside that is a scam against Nigerians by federal government, we the masses can not be paying for all the loans taken by government and looted away by the same government officials representatives,it is not acceptable, government must look into another direction to pay their loans looted away by leaders, nigerians can not received such a punishment,rather let Mr President probe this thieves and collect this money looted by his officials in seat not the masses.