The Organized Labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Monday, November 13, ordered their affiliates to withdraw their services nationwide from midnight of Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
President of the TUC, Festus Osifo disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, saying that the strike would remain until government at all levels wake up to their responsibility.
The strike is also to protest the alleged brutalization of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and some other executives of the congress in Owerri, Imo State, on November 1, as well as the pending labour issues in Imo State.
Ajaero was arrested by the police ahead of a state-wide protest in Imo, as disclosed by the NLC’s Head of Information, Benson Upah.
Although the police denied arresting Ajaero, stating that he was merely taken into protective custody to prevent a mob attack, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, accused the labour leader of meddling in the political affairs of the state.
The attack on Ajaero has been condemned by many prominent Nigerians and civil society organisations, including the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).
