Among other goals, Friday’s meeting was meant to talk the labour movement out of its planned nationwide strike from Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Human rights lawyer and counsel for the NLC and the TUC, Femi Falana, SAN, has written the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and advised him to tell the Federal Government to resume negotiations with the labour unions in the interest of industrial harmony.
Agbakoba suggested that the Federal Government should consider free tuition for students from primary to tertiary levels of education. “Secondly, can the government consider creating a crude oil scheme for Nigerians’ consumption and sell the crude oil to some modular refineries for it to be sold to people at a reduced cost? They should also look at any other way to assist Nigerians in reducing the present suffering.
Aishatu, who said she had five shops on Lagos Island, said she first withdrew cash with her ATM card outside but the machine stopped dispensing, as it had run out of cash.A bank customer, who refused to give his name because he did not want it in print, said he had come to withdraw enough cash to last him throughout the period of the strike.
At the Guaranty Trust Bank branch in the same area, there was a little more activity as many customers sought to enter the banking hall for various transactions. However, this might have been a result of the slow working of the ATMs on the premises.
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