The United Labour Congress, ULC, has suspended the ongoing strike it recently embarked upon.

The strike has been suspended for one week.

The president of congress, Joe Ajaero, made this pronouncement in an interaction with journalists. The strike was suspended after a closed door meeting with the federal government on Tuesday.

The meeting was part of the steps by the government to resolve issues involved in the ongoing strike which started on 15 September.

On his part, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige said the union will meet with the federal government to resume negotiations on 26September