Organised Labour said it has not reached an agreement with the Federal Government on its demands following the removal of subsidy on petroleum products. The Labour Centre said all its demands have been harmonised and presented to the government for deliberation. President of the Trade Union Congress(TUC) Festus Osifo said this when he appeared on Sunrise Daily on Channels Television. He was joined on the show by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero on Tuesday. Osifo said the items would be addressed at the June 19 meeting between the labour and government team. The TUC President said: “We have not reached any agreement with the government. We have presented our demands to them and we expect that by our next meeting, we will harmonise, the government will tell us what they can do and we will also bring our own data to the table during the meeting. “When we meet we are going to define each of those items and a timeline will be put on them. After…
on its demands following the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
President of the Trade Union Congress Festus Osifo said this when he appeared on Sunrise Daily on Channels Television.Osifo said the items would be addressed at the June 19 meeting between the labour and government team. “When we meet we are going to define each of those items and a timeline will be put on them. After the meeting on June 19, the timelines of each items are going to be revealed.
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