The Senate on Tuesday faulted the shutting down of the National Grid, disruption of hajj flights, and other actions taken by the Organised Labour during the nationwide strike for a new minimum wage.
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, spoke during the commencement of plenary on Tuesday.
Halting a robust debate by lawmakers on the industrial action, he said that shutting down the grid is tantamount to economic sabotage rather than an agitation.
Some lawmakers had expressed their opinions and suggestions following a motion moved by Senator Diket Plang on the proposed minimum wage.
Senator Plang had, in the motion before the suspension of the strike, requested the Senate to call on the Federal Government to expedite action on the new minimum wage, to halt the industrial unrest.
The Senate President, however commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for calling off the strike, to enable negotiations to continue.
He promised that the National Assembly would continue to do its best while awaiting the minimum wage bill for enactment for the benefit of all Nigerians.
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