The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared a two-day warning strike, which will begin on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
The strike will be in protest against the Federal Government after the union claimed it has failed to address the challenges caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.
President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made the declaration on Friday, September 1, 2023, at the union’s headquarters in Abuja.
The union is accusing the Federal Government of neglecting their negotiations and failing to implement some of the resolutions from previous meetings with the government.
Organized labour on August 2, 2023, had protested what it described as the anti-people policies of the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and their affiliate unions demonstrated in the Federal Capital Territory and several states, including Lagos, Abia, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Rivers, Zamfara, Katsina, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Kwara, Ogun, Imo, Ondo, and Edo.
The protest followed a seven-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government demanding “the immediate reversal of all anti-poor policies of the federal government including the recent hike in PMS, Premium Motor Spirit, price, increase in public school fees, the release of the eight months withheld salary of university lecturers and workers”.
The unions also demanded an upward review of the minimum wage from N30,000 to N200,000.
Several meetings between the Presidency and the unions on palliatives for Nigerians suffering hardship in the wake of the petrol subsidy removal proved abortive.
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