ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have shut down government services in Africa's most populous country.
The indefinite strike by Nigerian labor unions scheduled to start Tuesday is being suspended for 30 days, while meetings and talks with the government will be held over the coming days, said Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, or NLC, which is the umbrella body of the unions.
Talks with the labor unions have stalled and a slow start to several intervention efforts resulted in last week’s announcement of the strike.
One major source of concern has been intervention efforts, which the labor unions said have been slow.
“But the adverse outcomes of the measures, the hardship, were much higher than what many of us expected.”
Persons:
Joe Ajaero, Bola, ”, Muda Yusuf
Organizations:
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Private Enterprise
Locations:
ABUJA, Nigeria, Africa's, Lagos