Organised labour has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike from the 16th of October, if the federal government fails to reconvene the meeting of the committee negotiating the consequential adjustment on the new minimum wage.
 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at a meeting with the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council in Abuja, warned that labour would not guarantee industrial peace in the country if their demands were not met by government.
 In a statement jointly signed by NLC President, AYUBA WABBA, his TUC counterpart, QUADRI OLALEYE and Acting Chairman of JNPSNC,SIMON ANCHAVER, the union leaders saidlabour had all along demonstrated restraint and patience with government.
