The Nigerian Labour Congress, Sokoto State chapter has said it has prepared to join the nationwide strike as declared by the national headquarters of the union.
This was disclosed by the state secretary of the union, Comrade Hamisu Yanduna on Saturday at the headquarters of the union, noting that workers in the state have been mobilised for the action.
The secretary who spoke on behalf of the state chairman of the union, Comrade Abdullahi Jungle, stated that the Nigerian Labour Congress in conjunction with the Trade Union Congress in the state is ready for the strike action.
“We have received notification for the strike action from the national headquarters of the union on the commencement of the total and indefinite strike by Tuesday.
“I can assure you that we have immediately started mobilising our members in the state to join the strike until all our demands are met by the federal government.
“We have informed all our affiliates across the state to get set for the action in addition to the monitoring team set up by the union to go round and monitor events in all the offices across the state,” he affirmed
While reacting to the development, the assistant secretary of the National Union of Transport Workers in the state who simply identified himself as Labaran asserted that his members still expect directives from the national headquarters for the strike.
He said his members are prepared for the strike once the memo is received from the national headquarters of the union in Abuja.
The secretary of the NLC has disclosed that the union leaders in the state had a meeting with some of the bank managers in the state to demand total compliance from them on the proposed strike.
He said, “We visited some of the banks yesterday including Polaris bank where we told the manager that the strike will be monitored by a special monitoring team and he assured us that once a memo is received by the bank, they will have no choice than to join us.”
