On Monday, the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government and organized Labour reconvened at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to news sources, they gathered to discuss methods to mitigate the effects of the elimination of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, told State House correspondents following the meeting that steering and technical committees had been formed to help achieve the planned interventions for Nigerians.
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He said: “As we promised the last time we met; when labour called off their planned strike, we held a meeting today. We went through all the demands that labour had tabled, that is government and the labour unions last time.
“They said they were going to go back to their executives and make consultations so that we reconvene today. That is exactly what we did.
“At today’s meeting, both parties went through the list and we ticked off the viable ones which are now broken into three categories; those can be given immediate attention, and those that can be achieved in the medium term and long term.”
According to Tinubu’s aide, the newly formed committees will aid in the realization of Tinubu’s dream of offering interventions to mitigate the effects of subsidy removal.
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Alake said: “Work groups have been constituted at today’s meeting. There is a steering committee that will serve as a clearing house and there are other committees comprising both parties; government and labour.
“They will work together very harmoniously and efficiently to arrive at the final resolution of all the demands of labour and what we (government) call interventions.”
The formation of the steering and technical committees was approved by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajero, and his counterpart from the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo.
They stated that the committees will begin work immediately and finish the assessments in eight weeks.
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