The Organised Labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have written to their affiliates such as the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JSUN) Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP) among others ahead of the planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin midnight, November 14, 2023.
The letter was jointly signed by the National Secretary of the NLC, Emmanuel Ugboaja and the Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress, Nuhu Toro.
The letter states that all workers in Nigeria are hereby directed to withdraw their services effective 12 midnight today, November 13, 2023.
As a result of the directive, all affiliates and state councils of NLC/TUC are directed to issue circulars for complete compliance and these circulars are to be made available to the National Secretariats or posted to the NEC and WC Whatsapp platform.
The Unions assured the workers and people of continuously working for their benefits and to keep them updated on the events as they unfold.
Disport NG discovered that the reason for the strike is to protest the battering of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero and some other executives of the congress in Owerri, Imo State on November 1, as well as other pending labour issues in Imo State.
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