{"id":82415,"date":"2026-02-03T14:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82415"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:33:05","slug":"labour-unions-suspend-abuja-protest-after-talks-with-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/03\/labour-unions-suspend-abuja-protest-after-talks-with-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Unions Suspend Abuja Protest After Talks With Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have directed their members in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to resume work immediately after a late-night meeting with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>In a circular dated February 3, 2026, jointly signed by TUC Secretary General Nuhu Toro and NLC Acting General Secretary Benson Upah, the unions said the meeting addressed all grievances raised by workers under the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC).<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, convened by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the FCT, Senator Mohammed Bomoi, lasted from 11:45 p.m. to 3:51 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The unions said Wike assured labour of mutual respect and continuous engagement, adding that no worker would be victimised over the recent strike and that all cases at the National Industrial Court would be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>Following the resolutions, labour leaders directed all JUAC members and FCT workers to return to duty with immediate effect, urging compliance to maintain industrial harmony.<\/p>\n<p>The decision led to the suspension of a planned Abuja protest, with workers observed resuming duties at the FCTA Secretariat on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was initially scheduled in support of FCTA workers who began an indefinite strike on January 19 over unpaid salaries, promotion arrears and working conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have directed their members in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to resume work immediately after a late-night meeting with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike. In a circular dated February 3, 2026, jointly signed by TUC Secretary General Nuhu Toro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82415","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82417,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82415\/revisions\/82417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}