After the joint national executive council meeting of the unions, the TUC/NLC has approved to relax the industrial action for one week with immediate effect.
Activities in different sectors were grounded in the light of the initial strike including schools, businesses, hospitals and airports shut. The national grid was also shut down, throwing the nation into a forced darkness.
Labour’s actions followed the expiration of the May 31 deadline for an agreement on a new minimum wage. They have been locked in negotiations with the Federal Government.
During the initial failed talks with the government, labour rejected three government offers, the latest being ₦60,000. The TUC and the NLC subsequently pulled out of negotiations, insisting on ₦494,000 as the new minimum wage.
In a bid to halt the strike, the Federal Government and the labour leaders held an hours-long meeting that went through into the night.
At the end of the parley, though labour said NLC and TUC would meet to decide the next action, they reached some resolutions including the government’s resolve to pay above ₦60,000, and a regular meeting between the parties.