The Nigeria senate on Wednesday morning, May 18, 2016, rose from an early hour meeting, calling on the senate committee on labour to dialogue with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the ongoing strike
A senate meeting, presided over by the senate deputy president, Ike Ekweremadu, gave the committee two weeks to dialogue with the labour unions and report its findings back to the house.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has two factions. While the Joe Ajaero’s faction opted out of the strike, ostensibly in support of the federal government decision to increase the pump price of petrol by 70%, the faction led by Wabba described the Industrial Court’s ruling barring the NLC strike as a “blackmarket injunction”, hence the strike action which has paralysed economic activities across the country.
Observers have said the non-compliance of the members of PENGASSAN, NUPENG and others in the oil and electricity sectors was allegedly in solidarity with the Joe Ajaero’s faction which opted out of the industrial action.
