Jonathan meets with labour leaders today

 NLC President
President Goodluck Jonathan is today leading a high-powered government delegation to emergency talks with representatives of the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress, in Abuja.




He is expected to use the meeting to avert a workers' strike slated for tomorrow, 10th November 2010.
Mr. Jonathan who had been in Lagos since last week, cut short his stay to return to Abuja for the meeting.
In a press release issued by the President's spokesperson, Ima Niboro, Mr Jonathan also assured Nigerians of "government's interest in continuing its commitment towards achieving a realistic salary and wages for the Nigerian workers as evidenced in the salaries increases of Federal Government employees last month.
"The labour leaders will show good faith in calling off the planned strike with its attended consequences for national economy after government reviews its action plan on a new national minimum wage in the shortest possible time".

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