The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared nationwide strike next Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
The two unions reached the resolution a short while ago after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.
The two major labour unions said nationwide mobilisation of members and allies have begun immediately.
The action by the Organised Labour followed the brutalisation of NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, last week in Imo State.
There had been widespread outrage by the Organised Labour accusing the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Barde, of complicity in the recent attack on Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Organised Labour last Friday gave the Federal Government a five-day ultimatum to replace the police commissioner, arrest and prosecute some of the governor’s aide who masterminded the attack on the NLC president and threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action if their demands were not carried out.
Labour also blamed Governor Hope Uzodimma who is seeking re-election for the attack on Ajaero though the governor had since said he had no hand in the attack on the labour leader.
