Organised Labour under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, has issued a 14-day strike notice to the federal government.
The unions accused the federal government of neglecting the ‘welfare’ of Nigerians, particularly its members during the current excruciating economic situation in the country.
The unions would have no other option than to embark on an indefinite strike in the next two weeks, if there are no concrete steps taken by the government, to ameliorate the situation, a statement issued on Thursday by the NLC and TUC leadership said.
The statement said: “The October 2nd agreement was focused on addressing the massive suffering and the general harsh socioeconomic consequences of the ill-conceived and ill-executed IMF/World Bank-induced hike in the price of PMS and the devaluation of the naira. These dual policies have had, as we predicted, dire economic consequences for the masses and workers of Nigeria.
“It is regrettable that we are compelled to resort to such measures, but the persistent neglect of the welfare of citizens and Nigerian workers and the massive hardship leave us with no choice.”
The magazine reported Nigerians outbursts against the federal government over the rising food prices and the economic hardship across the country.
Some protest have been organized in the last few days by angry Nigerians to call the attention of government to what the are going through.
