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Labour umbrella calls off strike

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    Nigeria's trade union umbrella, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it has called off a month-long strike by public workers strike for higher wages, news reports said on Thursday. The strike was called off in 32 of the country's 36 states whose governments had agreed to pay new salaries, a senior union official told Reuters in Lagos.

    The outgoing military government had approved an increase in the public service minimum wage from 1,000 to 3,000 naira (US $30). The NLC called the strike from 13 April after most state governments said they could not afford the new wages.

    "In what appears to be a trade off for the higher wage, the government last month ordered the dismissal of thousands of federal and state civil servants from what most agree is an inefficient sector," AFP said.

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