As the NLC strike begins, government offices in Abuja and others are shutdown.
In solidarity with the two-day nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, some government ministries, departments, and agencies in Abuja are currently closed.
The Federal Secretariat and other significant locations, including the well-known radio building, which houses certain institutions under the ministry of communication and national orientation, were empty when our correspondent visited them on Tuesday morning because employees had opted to stay at home.
Banks that were situated in the surveyed areas were also secured.
It wa reported that one of the big commercial banks in the Federal Secretariat, he was informed that there would be no banking activity because of the NLC's proclaimed strike.
The NLC announced its decision in a statement that was jointly signed by its national president Joe Ajaero and secretary Emmanuel Ugboaja. The NLC stated that it made the decision because the Tinubu-led Federal Government had not engaged organized labor stakeholders in dialogue or efforts to mitigate the effects of the removal of subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as gasoline, on the "poor masses."
In August, organized labor already organized a single-day protest that shut down operations in significant cities all around the nation.
The center listed a number of additional reasons why it would organize its members for the nationwide strike, including the police's alleged siege of the National Union of Road Transport Workers' national headquarters, alleged worker rights abuses in Imo state, interference in trade union affairs by the Abia State government, and the proposed demolition by Nyesom Wike, the new minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
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