The Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday stressed the importance of the Federal Government hastening action on post-subsidy removal palliatives for workers.
The Congress said workers were getting more impatient due to hardship occasioned by petrol subsidy removal.
President of the congress, Festus Osifo, stated this during a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong in Abuja.
The meeting was a follow-up to that of September 4 called by Lalong to address the demands of organised labour.
Osifo, however, said the TUC was hopeful that within the next two weeks, President Bola Tinubu would have done everything possible to prevent the threat of withdrawal of services by workers.
Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, said in a statement that Lalong appealed to the TUC to exercise more patience.
According to him, Lalong, who was in company with Minister of State, Nkeiruka Onyeajeocha, told the TUC that after their last meeting, he met with President Bola Tinubu to highlight some of the issues raised by the organised labour.
He added that Tinubu gave further directives on issues at stake before he departed for the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States.