The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR), organized to prevent the proposed industrial action by employees in the sector ended in a deadlock.
Reporters gathered that the NUR, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labor Congress, had threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike from November 18 to November 20, 2021, to press home their demands for improved welfare.
In a bid to avert the strike, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, held a meeting in Lagos with the union, but both sides could not settle amicably.
The NUR President-General, Innocent Ajiji, confirmed the development and said the union came up with the proposal but added that frantic efforts to meet the Minister were all abortive.
