 The Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the federal government has started a considerate move with the National Labour Congress, NLC, over the union's threat to embark on an industrial strike. The NLC had issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to end the patriot and cash scarcity being experienced in the country. Following the ultimatum's expiration, the union directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike. Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing at the state house in Abuja, Ngige said there is an ongoing dialogue regarding the issue, explaining that the government has sorted the situation out. The Nigerian Labour Congress wrote to us to say that the cashless policy, the Nigerians very badly and that among these Nigerians is affecting, that their members are affected. When they did that, we had to forward the letter to the CBN governor and told him in our own letter that he should act promptly because they gave a deadline. The deadline expired last Friday and we acted before that Friday and we asked the CBN to also act before that Friday. So we did that before I left for Geneva. But as much as it is, the important thing that we have emphasized to them that we have apprehended this dispute. So you get notified about fresh news updates.