ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- In line with the ongoing nation wide indefinite strike by the organised Union, Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), have shut down the National Assembly in compliance with the strike.
PASAN is an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
Daily Trust reports that the entrance and exit of the National Assembly gates were blocked with two coastal buses by PASAN.
The organised labour had insisted that its indefinite strike would begin today as planned following the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage above N60,000.
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Labour, which is demanding N494,000, said this in Abuja last night after a three-hour meeting with the National Assembly leadership and top officials of the Executive arm of government.
Recall that following failure to reach a compromise on a new minimum wage by the tripartite committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) commenced a nationwide strike today after a negotiation that ended in deadlock.
It was gathered that electricity and water supply to the two buildings housing the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as other facilities in the National Assembly complex have been shut down by the union.