The Senate on Tuesday promised to fast track its consideration and passage of a new Minimum Wage Bill for the country.
This is even as the Red Chamber commended the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress for suspending its indefinite strike for one week.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio made these remarks during plenary in Abuja.
Akpabio’s comments followed a motion calling on the NLC and TUC to suspend the strike.
The motion was sponsored by Senator Diket Plang (PDP – Plateau Central), who chairs the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment.
However, during debate on the motion, information got to the chamber that the NLC and TUC have suspended their strike action for one week to allow for further negotiations with the Federal Government.
Following the information, the Senate stepped down the motion.
“On that note, I want to thank the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress for listening to the voice of Nigerians and the international community by calling off the strike to enable negotiations to continue and we wish them well in the negotiations.
“On our part, we will continue to do our best by making contributions and at the same time awaiting the incoming Bill on Minimum Wage for us to enact for the benefit of all Nigerians,”the Senate President assured.
