NLC withdraws strike notice on six banks

The Nigeria Labour Congress has withdrawn the strike notice it serviced on six commercial banks over the mass sacking of workers and redundancy in the banking sector on June 15, 2016.
The President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, said during a joint press briefing with the Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Assembly, Dr. Abiodun Oshinowo, that the decision was taken after a productive meeting of Labour and NECA in Abuja on Wednesday.
Wabba said that it was agreed that all hostilities including the strike notice should be put on hold to await the outcome of a meeting proposed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
He explained that the leadership of the NLC had been briefed by its affiliate union, the National Union of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions Employees, on the extent of its engagement with the affected banks on the contentious issues.
He said that the meeting dwelt on the process, the procedure and the position of law on the declaration of redundancy, non-unionisation of workers and the payment of protection fees by some of the banks and agreed that the issues be taken to the Federal Government’s meeting for resolution.