The scheduled meeting between the organised labour and Federal Government today, over the 30-day ultimatum to meet the demands of the former as contained in a signed Memorandum of Understanding, has been adjourned.
According to findings, the meeting was postponed at the instance of the Federal Government; “they shifted it because they did not remember that the supposed date was to be their Federal Executive Council meeting.”
The essence of the meeting with the government is to agree on the demands yet to be met and the reasons why and agree before any action is taken.
According to findings, organised labour said they don’t have confidence in the Minister of Labour being in the meeting.
“The organised labour suspended the last planned strike action and gave the Federal Government 30 days to meet our demands,”
“If the organs believe that what the government has done is not substantial and not in line with the agreement signed, they will give fresh directives on how to handle the situation without giving any further notice of industrial action.”
However, the organised labour demands are out there in the open, and it is for every Nigerian and every worker to look at the situation and see how many of our demands that the Federal Government has met.
Meanwhile, the government should be the one telling organised labour and Nigerians which of the demands they have met so far.
However, the Federal Government has not met a lot of labour demands and everything would be reviewed at the next meeting to decide on the best way forward.
