{"id":2567,"date":"2023-09-26T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2023-09-26T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:34:42","slug":"nlc-holds-emergency-meeting-after-failed-negotiations-with-fg-contemplates-nationwide-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/26\/nlc-holds-emergency-meeting-after-failed-negotiations-with-fg-contemplates-nationwide-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Holds Emergency Meeting After Failed Negotiations with FG, Contemplates Nationwide Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Uchendu Alexis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After unsuccessful negotiations with the federal government, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to discuss the possibility of staging a total economic shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, issued a notice stating that the virtual meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 2023. It is expected to gather presidents, general secretaries, and treasurers of all NLC affiliates to deliberate on the fate of the impending strike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 14-day ultimatum previously issued to the federal government had lapsed on Friday, September 22, 2023, as reported by Abujacityjournal. The NLC accuses the government of failing to meet its demands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NLC President Joe Ajaero emphasized that the Congress is frustrated with the government&#8217;s unresponsiveness and insensitivity to workers&#8217; needs, alleging insincerity in their engagements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this crucial virtual NEC meeting, which will include union executives, will determine the timing and nature of the nationwide indefinite strike to be initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As tension escalates between the NLC and the government, the nation watches closely to see how this labor dispute unfolds and its potential impact on the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uchendu Alexis &nbsp; After unsuccessful negotiations with the federal government, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to discuss the possibility of staging a total economic shutdown. &nbsp; The NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, issued a notice stating that the virtual meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions\/2569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}