EKO HOT BLOG reports that after a two-month suspension of their indefinite strike in Abia State, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has announced its intention to resume the action.
The NLC has announced that the new strike action will start from midnight on Monday, May 8th, 2023.
In a statement signed by the Secretary of NLC in Abia, Emma Alozie, the organized labour said it was re-starting its indefinite strike, which was suspended earlier in the year.
The NLC said the fresh strike was unanimously agreed on by labour leaders at the end of their meeting last week.
He mandated all industrial unions, including those in the local government areas, to withdraw their services to the Abia State government after midnight of Monday, May 8, and mobilize their members for the indefinite strike.
The statement reads in part, “To all industrial unions. resumption of indefinite strike.
“The State Executive Council, SEC, of Congress, after a careful deliberation on the plethora of problems Abia workers and pensioners are facing in the hands of Abia State government, at her meeting on Friday, 5th May 2023, unanimously resolved to resume the suspended indefinite strike action.
“From the foregoing, all Abia workers, including those in the LGAs, are directed to withdraw their services to Abia State government and stay at home from 12 midnight on Monday, 8th May 2023.
“In the same vein, all chairpersons and secretaries of all affiliate unions are to sensitize and mobilize their members for total compliance,” the NLC said.
Recalls that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN in Abia State, has also been on strike for about a month.
Their withdrawal of services has affected legal services in the state.
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