The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress have met with the Federal Goverment that led to the suspension the planned strike due to commence on Wednesday over the removal of the petrol subsidy.
The congress announced the suspension of the proposed nationwide strike and mass protest after a meeting of its leadership and representatives of the federal government on Monday.
It was reported that NLC and the representatives of the federal government team met over fallout of the petrol subsidy removal.
Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC, and his team arrived at the presidential villa at about 5:45 pm on Monday while parties are to reconvene on June 19 for further discussion.
Meanwhile, earlier, the Federal Government has secured an injunction restraining both the NLC and TUC from embarking on the nationwide strike.
The Federal Government representatives had on Wednesday last week met both the NLC and Trade Union Congress leaders, but the meeting ended in a deadlock.
The NLC was however absent from the meeting the government held with the labour leaders on Sunday.
During his inauguration speech on May 29, the President Bola Tinubu declared that “petrol subsidy is gone”.
The president’s pronouncement immediately led to a resurfacing of queues at petrol stations and a hike in the pump price of the product across the country.
