Ongoing Strike: Tinubu begs NLC to shelve strike

The National leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu paid visit to Labour house yesterday with a high powered delegation including the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.


“I am here to appeal to you to understand that whatever you are doing now and whatever this government, led by Buhari is doing is for the development of all Nigerians.

“I have come to appeal to you to suspend the action you have embarked upon and return to the negotiating table,” he said.

He added: “I came to appeal to you to go back to history that we worked very hard to bring Nigeria to progressive path. Tinubu, who attributed misunderstanding between government and the people to dearth of teaching of history in schools,tasked senators to urgently initiate bill on compulsory teaching of the subject.

NLC factional president,Ayuba Wabba in his response said he had heard the Tinubu-led delegation’s message. He assured that he would convey it appropriately to the union’s various organs.

But he berated the government over what he described as engagement in negotiations with both factions of the union, with a view to having divide and rule.

Even as he said his union was open to resume negotiation with the government,Wabba vowed to press ahead with the strike.