FCT Workers End Strike, Following Breakthrough in NLC/TUC-Led Negotiations

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have asked their members in the payroll of the Federal Capital Territory Administration to resume work immediately. The directive was contained in a circular jointly issued by the TUC and NLC earlier today, following what has been described as a marathon conciliatory meeting between the unions and the Minister of the FCT, NYESOM WIKE. According to the circular signed by TUC Secretary General, N.A TORO, and the NLC Acting General Secretary, BENSON UPAH, all affiliates of both unions are enjoined to comply strictly with the directive in the interest of industrial peace and harmony, in good faith. The TUC and NLC scribes noted that the breakthrough in negotiations was brokered by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, MOHAMMED BOMOI. This comes a day after Justice EMMANUEL SUBLIM of the National Industrial Court, granted an interim order restraining the NLC and TUC from embarking on any form of industrial action or protest in solidarity with the aggrieved FCT workers.