BREAKING NEWS: NLC To
Proceed On Nationwide Strike
Tomorrow
THE Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and the
Trade Union Congress,TUC have resolved to
proceed mobilise workers to begin indefinite
strike,tomorrow over fuel hike.
The workers’ action,according to Vanguard
source, is to take effect from 12 midnight
today.
This was the resolution of the union at its
National Executive Council,NEC meeting, held
today,at the NLC headquarters in Abuja.
Although,newsmen, who waited anxiously to
be briefed of the development at the
meeting,were left unattended to,a source told
Vanguard that the workers’ unions resolved
to proceed on an indefinite strike,beginning
from 12 midnight.
The source said the unions took the decision
to mobilise workers on strike,after exhaustive
deliberations on last week’s fuel hike by the
federal government and the attendant
consequences on the Nigerian workers and
the general public.
“Our decision not to suspend the strike was
further fuelled by today’s injunction by the
Industrial Court,restraining us from
proceeding on the strike expected to begin
tomorrow,”the source who said.
He disclosed that the two bodies were still
studying development and may not honour
the meeting expected with the government at
the office of the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation this evening.
Vanguard gathered that the factional NLC,led
by the General Secretary of the National
Union of Electricity Employees,Joe Ajaero,
may not join the strike.
He had hinted yesterday that his leadership
was not favourably disposed to embarking on
the strike.
As at the time of filing this report, the
leadership of the NLC and the TUC were yet
to turn up for continuation of the meeting
which was adjourned earlier.
