The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC have suspended the planed indefinite strike scheduled to commence on October 3.
Prince Adewale Adeyanju, President General, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, disclosed this in a statement on Monday night.
He said an agreement had been reached with government and the strike would no longer hold.
He said during an emergency meeting between the federal government and labour leaders, the NLC and TUC jointly agreed to suspend the strike to allow for implementation of their demands.
According to Adeyanju, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC had directed that all its affiliate members should direct their members to return to work.
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