Blackout, Naira Scarcity Loom As Electricity, Bank Workers, Others Join Labour Strike

Bank and electricity workers have joined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in an indefinite strike.

The NLC posted circulars from affiliate unions who have signaled their compliance with the strike, which began at midnight to condemn the assault on its President, Joe Ajaero, in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning.

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The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) are among the unions that have joined the strike.

Other unions include the National Union of Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Workers, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), the National Union of Electricity Employees, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).

Remember that the Organised Labour urged its members on Monday to begin mobilizing for a statewide strike in response to the assault on NLC President Joe Ajaero.

Addressing news men at the NLC National Secretariat in Abuja, President of the TUC, Festus Osifo, said the strike would remain until the governments at all levels wake up to their responsibility.

He, therefore, directed its affiliates to implement the resolutions of the National Executive Council (NEC).