The National Industrial Court has ordered the NLC to suspend the proposed strike.
The National Industrial Court has ordered the NLC to suspend the proposed strike, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. With some groups in the camp of Ayuba Waba, NLC President, faced with uncertainties as to what would be the outcome of the rescheduled meeting with the government on Tuesday, May 17, the Electricity Workers Union, NUPENG and their allies have already made a U-turn on the proposed strike. A Federal Government team led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, had held a meeting with the leadership of the NLC on Monday, May 16, over the proposed strike, but the meeting was adjourned till Tuesday (today) after the two parties could not reach an agreement. Unconfirmed reports however said the meeting ended in a deadlock because the NLC was not ready to meet the government halfway as a reversal of N120 was proposed. But labour was said to have insisted on total reversal. It was gathered that after t