Nigerian workers in Abuja have shut down the Federal Secretariat in compliance with an indefinite strike action declared by NLC/TUC over new minimum wage, on Monday.
Recall that the labour unions called for a nationwide strike over the breakdown in the minimum wage negotiations by a tripartite committee constituted by the Federal Government in January.
The leadership of the labour unions had, on May 1, given the Federal Government up till May 31 to complete negotiations on the new minimum wage, failure of which they might not be able to guarantee industrial peace in the country.
Consequently, the organised labour on Friday called for an indefinite strike beginning from Sunday midnight to press home their demands.
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