Lawan begs NLC to shelve planned strike
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, , to shelve its proposed industrial action due to alleged delay in implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage.Lawan made the appeal when the executives of the NLC and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, led by Comrade Ayuba Wabara and Sunday Sabiyi respectively paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
He noted that “we should not encourage personal issue to overshadow our collective responsibility to nation-building.” The Senate President who also urged PASAN, to collaborate with the management and leadership of the National Assembly, told the body to present issue base arguments instead on engaging strike action to press home their demands.
The NLC President presented a congratulatory card to the Senate President for his emergence as the Chairman of the National Assembly just as he pledged the commitment and collaboration of the Labour unions to the legislators.
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