Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have directed their members to commence a nationwide strike starting at midnight on Tuesday, November 14.
The strike declaration statement said all affiliate unions of the two labour centres have been directed to implement the resolutions of the joint National Executive Council of TUC and NLC.
President of TUC, Festus Osifo, who addressed reporters on Monday, said the strike would remain until “government at all levels wake up to their responsibility.”
In his words, “We demanded that the area commander who led the police to carry out the brutalization be relieved of his duties and prosecuted. We also asked that Governor Hope Uzodinma’s SA on Special Duties, Chinasa Nwaneri, who everyone knew led the touts, should also be arrested and prosecuted. Our list of demands is in the public domain.
“We gave an ultimatum that initially expired on Wednesday last week. But on the eve of that expiration, we had a joint session of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. We looked at the time we gave and felt, as responsible pan-Nigeria organisations, that we should give an additional one week to see if the government will be responsive.
“And in order to further draw the attention of the government, we had the picketing session last Thursday, but instead of the government coming out strongly to condemn this criminality, instead of the government speaking and standing on the side of justice, some people in government were rather running their mouths and making all kinds of statements.
