Organized Labour Suspends Protests Rally after Meeting with Tinubu

The Organized Labour has suspended its one day old nationwide protest rally, after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.

It resolved to return to a new and reinvigorated dialogue process, to allow the full implementation of the ongoing meetings on palliatives.

The Labour leaders met Tinubu, on Wednesday night at the presidential villa, after a hectic Wednesday rally against his policies, especially the petrol subsidy removal

The Labour leaders, later met with the apex decision making body of the Organized Labour, to decide if the protest rally should be suspended or continued today.

In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero and his Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo said, the meeting with President Bola Tinubu was fruitful.

The Labour leaders said they were assured especially that, the stalled meeting of the presidential committee on palliatives leading to their protests, would now be fast-tracked.

They said that the president promised to unveil a workable road map to the compressed natural gas implementation next week.

Also, they said during the meeting, Tinubu showed his commitment to an immediate restructuring of government’s engagement with the organized Labour.

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Tinubu, according to the Labour leaders, also assured that the Port Harcourt refinery which was undergoing rehabilitation, would be ready in December.

The statement reads, “It is pertinent to inform Nigerians that the extent of the success of the protest is underlined by the request of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu to meet with the leadership of the NLC and TUC in a closed-door session.

“The engagement was fruitful that immense mileage was gotten with regards to the issues that bogged down the work of the Presidential Committee on Subsidy removal and necessitated the protest viz:

“He committed to an immediate restructuring of the framework for engagement in line with the input of the Labour leaders. He let out a certainty that the Port Harcourt Refinery will commence production by December this year. He pledged to ensure that Agreement is reached on the Wage Award for Nigerian workers immediately.

“He promised to unveil a workable roadmap to the CNG alternative next week. On the strength of the President’s pledge and commitment, we have decided for a return to a new and reinvigorated dialogue process to allow for full implementation.

“Once again, we thank Nigerians while we wait for the government to fulfill its own part of the understanding as agreed with His Excellency; the President.”