The Nigeria Labour Congress Federal Capital Territory Council has instructed all workers across the six area councils of the FCT to commence an indefinite strike starting from December 1.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the chairman of the council, Knabanyi Adalo, explained that the strike was in compliance with a communique from the NLC National Executive Council meeting held on November 8 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Adalo made it clear that the NEC had urged the councils’ chairpersons to implement the N70,000 national minimum wage.
However, he noted that the chairpersons had failed to act on the demand to enforce the wage increase within their respective area councils.
In response to this lack of action, Idalo revealed that the organised labour, in its State Administrative Council meeting on November 12, resolved to strictly follow the national directive and embark on an indefinite strike.
He added that the strike would continue unless the government fulfills the implementation of the minimum wage by the end of November.
“The state administrative council also noted with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by the area councils’ chairmen to pay some pending entitlements to the workers, including the outstanding arrears of primary school teachers,” Adalo said.
He emphasized that the failure to implement the new national minimum wage was a serious violation of the law and a blatant disregard for the welfare of workers in the area councils.
Therefore, Adalo stressed,, “All workers in the six area councils in FCT are hereby directed without hesitation to proceed on an indefinite strike beginning from December 1, until further directives.”
