Electricity and bank workers have joined the industrial action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the NLC shared circulars by the affiliate unions.
They have indicated their compliance with the strike, which began at midnight to protest the assault on its President, Joe Ajaero.
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Some of the unions that have joined the strike include:
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE)
National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE)
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP).
Others are:
National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN),
National Union of Electricity Employees
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), among others.
Wake Up Call
The Organised Labour on Monday directed its members to commence mobilisation for a nationwide strike over the assault on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero.
President of the TUC, Festus Osifo addressed journalists at the NLC National Secretariat in Abuja.
He said the strike would remain until the governments at all levels wake up to their responsibility.
He, therefore, directed its affiliates to implement the resolutions of the National Executive Council (NEC).
