The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned protest scheduled for tuesday, over the recent 50% hike in telecommunication tariff.
The union suspended the protest after meeting with delegation from the Federal Government, led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, on Monday, in order to maintain industrial harmony and to also protect the interest of Nigerians.
The two bodies, after discussion agreed to set up a 10-man Committee comprising five members each from the Federal Government and the NLC to review the study and submit its report within two weeks.
“So, the summary of it is that Labour and the Nigerian Labour Congress specifically and the delegation of the federal government has set up a committee of five each. We are going to meet here continuously for the next two weeks. And at the end of the second week, we will now come up with a recommendation that we will give to government and the organised Labour for final consideration”.
The NLC president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said that the union will wait till the outcome of the Committee to determine its next line of action.
Present at the meeting were Minister Communication and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijanni, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, Minister of Labour and Employment, Alhaji Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of Budget and National Planning,Atiku Bagudu, National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, among others.
The NLC had on Wednesday last week declared that it will embark on a nationwide mass rally on Tuesday February 4, 2025, in protest of the 50% telecom tariff increase approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
