- The NLC and TUC strike has stopped over 60,000 Muslims from performing their non secular rites as aviation staff joined industrial motion
- The protesting staff blocked the planes’ paths on the worldwide airports throughout the nation and compelled airways to return to Saudi Arabia empty
- Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the manager director of MURIC, urged the employees to droop the strike with quick impact and permit the Muslims to carry out their religious rights
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In dramatic occasions, all of the planes despatched to airlift Nigerians happening the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have been compelled to return empty to the Arabian peninsula due to the economic motion by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Commerce Union Congress (TUC).
The strike, which commenced on Monday, June 3, has disrupted the journey plans of 1000’s of Muslim pilgrims who had been going to Saudi Arabia to carry out the fifth pillar of Islam.
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How minimal wage protest stopped Muslim pilgrims
Based on Vanguard, the hanging staff within the aviation sector bodily blocked planes’ paths throughout worldwide airports within the nation, refused to permit passengers to board planes, and compelled the pilots to return to Saudi Arabia empty.
The affected airports are Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport in Abuja, Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport, and Yola Worldwide Airport.
It was learnt that greater than 60,000 Muslims have been stranded in Nigeria and couldn’t journey to Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage.
MURIC urges NLC to droop strike
The pilgrims have been getting ready for the holy journey for months however are at present dealing with uncertainty and frustration due to the NLC strike.
In his response to the event, the manager director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, referred to as for the suspension of the strike, including that the strike affected the incoming Eid-if-Kabir.
His assertion reads partially:
“We urge the organized labour to contemplate the plight of 1000’s of Nigerian Muslims who’re at present stranded as a result of ongoing strike.
“We enchantment to the NLC/TUC to name off the strike with quick impact to allow these pilgrims to journey to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.”
Minimal wage: Labour calls for Tinubu’s presence
Legit.ng earlier reported that Labour had requested President Bola Tinubu to personally have interaction them in a dialogue on the brand new minimal wage.
Based on the union, President Tinubu’s intervention might avert the deliberate strike scheduled to start on Monday, June 3.
They alleged that what President Tinubu promised them was a residing wage, however the N60,000 proposal didn’t fall inside such a class.
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