NLC Warning Strike Begins Nationwide Over Fuel Subsidy Removal Pains: Live Updates
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) begins a two-day warning strike today, Tuesday, September 5. The labour union is protesting against the government’s removal of fuel subsidy.
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The union rejected moves to avert the strike, explaining that it was necessary to protest the government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies, which it said would devastate ordinary Nigerians.
Legit.ng provides live updates of how the strike plays out nationwide. Stay tuned.
Banks, TUC shun NLC strike in Imo
The situation seems to be a little different in Omo state.
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial and Financial Institution Employees (NUBIFIE) reportedly shunned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike action in the southeast state.
Officials of the banks and insurance companies in the state were seen attending to their customers while at the State secretariat, along Owerri-Port Harcourt road, workers were seen moving about within and outside the premises as some were at their duty posts.
It was, however, gathered that several workers did not report to work.
Banks, FRIN, others shut in Oyo state
Public institutions like Nihort, FRIN and some banks in the Ibadan metropolis observed the warning strike.
Their offices were reportedly under lock and key.
NLC strike: Federal Civil servants in Delta observe strike
Workers at the Federal Secretariat Asaba stayed away in obedience to the warning strike.
Many offices were shut at the secretariat but a few offices opened for business, The Nation reported.
NLC, workers dight in Ondo
NLC officials and some workers in Ondo state engaged in physical combat over enforcement of the 2-day warning strike.
Read details of the ugly incident here.
Lagos civil servants pull out of NLC's warning strike
A report by PM News indicates that civil servants in the employ of the Lagos state government have pulled out of the NLC's two-day warning strike.
A statement issued by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Lagos State Branch, told all its members not to embark on strike on Tuesday.
Warning strike: Some Oyo workers ignore NLC
Some workers under the employ of the Oyo state government were seen reporting for duties on Tuesday, ignoring the NLC warning strike.
All the entrance gates leading to the Secretariat opened and workers were seen arriving at the Secretariat as early as 6.30am, according to The Nation.
The state mass transit buses dedicated to convey workers were also seen arriving at the Secretariat.
However, the buses were not filled to capacity, an indication that some workers might have stayed back from work.
The Secretariat was reportedly looking scanty with only a few people arriving and going to their duty posts.
NLC strike: Access Bank, UBA, Zenith, Other Nigerian Banks to close branches
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) on Monday issued a statement saying all bank branches would be shut ahead of NLC's two-day warning strike.
Want to know more about this? Read the full story here.
TUC opts out of NLC 2-day warning strike
This may serve as a little relief to the federal government.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) said it will not take part in the nationwide warning strike action called by the NLC.
Catch up with the full story here.
FG's move to stop the strike failed
The NLC, on Monday, September 4, shunned the negotiation meeting called by President Bola Tinubu to stop the union from embarking on the two-day warning strike.
President Tinubu's minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, convened the meeting to avert the strike that the organised labour had declared.
Read the full story here.
