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NLC announces nationwide strike over naira redesign hardship

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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it will embark on nationwide strike beginning from Wednesday next week.

Briefing journalists at the Labour House, Abuja on Wednesday, NLC President, Joe Ajaero said public sector workers will embark on the strike because both the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have refused to do anything to reduce the hardship being faced by Nigerians as a result of the Naira redesign policy.

He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the Nigeria Labour Congress should also be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the CBN nationwide.

He said the directive to embark on the strike followed an earlier ultimatum issued by the Central Working Committee members of the NLC last week criticising the cash swap policy of the government.

Ajaero said the decision to picket CBN branches became necessary, as the Federal Government and the CBN have not shown any commitment to address the situation.

He lamented that despite the Supreme Court order allowing the old N500 and N1000 notes to circulate with the new notes till December 31 this year, the situation appears to be getting worse as workers cannot access cash to pay fares to work, nor can they buy food for their families.

He criticised the pricing irregularities in the petroleum sector, which was also a cause for concern for the labour union.

“Last week, we gave an ultimatum for the review of the cash crunch bedeviling the country, but we have discovered to our dismay that as at this moment not much effort has been made to ameliorate the situation, the government is still foot dragging on these issues we raised.

“Based on this, we met again this morning to review our position and resolved that by Wednesday next week, all CBN branches will be picketed.

“Workers are directed to stay at home too because people cannot eat, workers can no longer go to the office, we have been pushed to the wall, we have decided to take our destiny in our hands, we have mobilised our workers for this exercise,” Ajaero stated.

 

 

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