The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has taken steps to avert the impending nationwide strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress, billed to commence on Wednesday.
The Labour union had threatened to embark on the nationwide industrial action, if the cash crunch, fuel scarcity and electricity tariff increase were not addressed.
In response to the strike threat by the NLC, the minister invited the leadership of the NLC led by its President, Joe Ajaero and the Central Bank of Nigeria management led by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to a meeting in his office on Monday, to resolve their differences.
After the CBN Governor explained the situation, the NLC President Ajaero urged the CBN to improve on their services, regretting the information gap created in the implementation of the naira redesign.
He said the National Executive Committee of NLC will meet today to take a decision on the planned strike.