The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) issued a nationwide strike threat on Thursday if the Federal Ministry of Justice does not abandon its case against the labor organization before August 14, 2023.
Visitodell reports that the Federal Government filed a lawsuit against the NLC on Wednesday in response to their protest.
However, the NLC threatened to go on strike during a meeting of its National Executive Council in Abuja.
Joe Ajaero, the union president, accused the Ministry of Justice and the National Industrial Court of acting as “agents of anti-democracy.”
Despite previously promising to suspend protests during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, the union has threatened to launch a statewide strike if the government does not withdraw the case.
He said, “to support and affirm the decision to suspend further protest on the nationwide mass protest; to commit to maintaining the required vigilance needed to hold government accountable on its assurances and governance in general; To commit to the terminal date of August 19, 2023, within which the issues around the Petroleum price hike will be agreed given the assurances of the President and the National Assembly.
“To go on total strike across the country, any day labour leaders are summoned to court by the government through the NICN. To demand the immediate withdrawal of this litigious terrorism by the Federal Ministry of Justice before the end of work Friday, the 11th of August, 2023.
“To embark on a nationwide comprehensive strike beginning Monday, 14th of August, 2023 if this contemptuous court summons is not withdrawn by whosoever initiated it.”
