NLC ready for two days warning strike

Following the declaration of a two-day warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, some state chapters of the organised labour union have expressed their readiness to join the industrial action.

The leadership of the state chapters of the labour unions, in separate interviews with pressmen said they have ordered their members to join the warning strike which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 5 and 6, 2023.

Speaking yesterday, the Chairman, NLC Lagos chapter, Mrs Agnes Sessi, said Lagos NLC would join the nationwide strike.

The Sokoto State NLC chairman, Abdullahi Jungle, also told pressmen that the union in the state would mobilise members of the union in the state to join the two-day warning strike.

The Kano State chapter of the NLC has equally said it will join the planned warning strike and protest called by the national body of the union. The state NLC chairman, Kabiru Inuwa, noted that the decision to go on the warning strike was taken during the National Executive Council meeting in Abuja.