He said the development followed deliberations on complaints concerning workers’ rights.
“Progress on paper cannot mask the lived reality of tens of millions of African children denied their right to learn, to play and to grow safely,” he said.
The NECA director-general cautioned against arbitrary wage proposals.
Ms Sesi said that the news of Mr Adeleke’s sudden death came as a rude shock to members of the labour community and all who knew him.
He described the late labour leader as a dedicated and committed unionist who devoted his career to promoting workers’ welfare, rights, and interests.
“We reject outright any attempt to tax the minimum wage or place levies on poor Nigerian workers,” Mr Ajaero said.
“Together, let us act with urgency and determination to end child labour,” Mr Houngbo said.
An official of the NLC described Mr Adeleke’s death as a painful loss to the labour movement and workers across Nigeria.
The American doctor, who was working in the DRC with a medical missionary group, tested positive, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The organisation stated that the outcome of the work would be presented to the 79th World Health Assembly later in May,
