The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, on behalf of the Nigerian government, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to call off the ongoing strike that has grounded economic activities in the country. The NSA, in a statement on Wednesday, said he is “worried about the implications of the strike action on the livelihood of ordinary Nigerians and its potential impact on economic security and other strategic national...

Nigerian workers and civil servants affiliated with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, stayed off work on Tuesday as a devastating work stoppage rocks Africa’s largest economy. Electricity workers, postal and telecommunications workers, bankers, medical and health workers, maritime workers, courts of law, railway workers, academic staff of tertiary institutions, and local government employees, among others, all joined the strike. The labour unions, NLC and TUC, last Tuesday, November 7, made...

The presidency has described the planned strike action by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC as ‘illegal, immoral, unjustifiable and irresponsible’. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the President on information and strategy stated this in a statement on Monday. He said the labour unions’ decision to embark on a national work strike despite a court order restraining them from doing so is an ‘abuse of privilege.’ Read Onanuga’s statement below....