Following the declaration of a two-day warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, some state chapters of the organised labour union have expressed their readiness to join the industrial action.
The PUNCH reports that leadership of the state chapters of the labour unions, said they have ordered their members to join the warning strike which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 5 and 6, 2023.
The Chairman, NLC Lagos chapter, Mrs Agnes Sessi, said Lagos NLC would join the nationwide strike.
“We are under the authority of our national leadership and whatever is decided at the national level is binding on us. So, yes, we are joining the strike,” Sessi affirmed.
Sokoto State NLC chairman, Abdullahi Jungle, also told The PUNCH that the union in the state would mobilise members of the union in the state to join the two-day warning strike.
“Yes, we are joining the strike as we are already mobilising our members for the strike.
In the same vein, the General Secretary of the NLC in Gombe State, Ibrahim Fika, said they had received notice of the strike, adding that they would join.
Fika disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH.
According to him, the union in the state will only mobilise by Monday after its State Executive Council meeting.
Also, the Ekiti State chapter of the NLC said its members would join the two-day warning strike declared by the national leadership of the union.
