The Presidential steering committee on palliatives, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and government representatives, is currently meeting at the chief of staff conference hall in Aso Rock, Abuja.
The meeting comes amid threats of a nationwide strike by the NLC over the gruelling economic hardship that followed the petrol subsidy removal.
The organised labour had stormed out of a similar meeting last Friday, claiming that there were no top government officials to negotiate with them, thereby accusing the government of not being serious.