On Monday, the Niger State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Minna, Niger State Capital, joined its counterparts in parts of the country on the ongoing Industrial action against the Federal Government over the failure to arrive at the National Minimum wage for its Workforce with the view to ensuring compliance on the nationwide indefinite industrial action as directed by the headquarters of the union in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory
The state Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Ibrahim Gana, in collaboration with state NLC Exco and other sister union executives in the state, led a joint Labour Committee on the monitoring and evaluation of the strong industrial action.
The monitoring team visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), the Federal Secretariat Complex, Minna, the Niger State High Court Complex, Minna, the Niger State Board of Internal Revenue Services, the Niger State Urban Development Board, the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NNSUBEB), Minna General Hospital, the Office of the Deputy Governor, the Niger State New Secretariat, Tunga, Minna, as well as the Niger State House Assembly Complex, among others.
Speaking to journalists immediately after the monitoring, the TUC Chairman, Comrade Ibrahim Gana, expressed delight at the level of compliance by the organised labour union members across all the sectors in the state.
Gana stated that the strike action embarked upon by the NLC was for the betterment of Nigerians, assuring that no stone would be left unturned to achieve the success of the ongoing struggle.
All the sectors visited by the NLC officials were shut down, especially the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Maikunkele, the outskirts of Minna, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Minna General Hospital, and the Federal Secretariat complex, among others.
He disclosed that compliance was 99 percent, except in some organisations, such as some commercial banks in Minnesota, where few staff turned up for skeletal services, though they were forcefully chased out by the NLC officials.
However, some staff of the affected Commercial Institutions( Banks) who spoke with our correspondent in Minna on the condition of anonymity claimed that there was no directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) not to open for business yesterday ( Monday) The sources thereby absolved the banks of any blame against the backdrop of the accusations of sabotage levelled against them by the NLC officials in Minna, Niger State, capital, on Monday.
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