Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed that workers in the public sector in the country go on strike beginning next Wednesday.
He also directed that affiliate unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress be ready for picketing exercises at all Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, branches nationwide.
The directive followed an earlier ultimatum issued by NLC Central Working Committee members last week criticising the Federal Government’s cash swap policy.
Ajaero stated that the decision to picket CBN branches became essential since the Federal Government and the CBN had shown no commitment to resolving the matter.
He lamented that, despite the Supreme Court’s judgment allowing the old N500 and N1000 notes to circulate alongside the new notes until December 31, this year, the situation appears to be worse as workers are unable to pay for transportation to work or buy food for their families.
At a press conference on Wednesday at the NLC headquarters, the apex Labour union also criticised price irregularities in the petroleum industry, which was also a cause for concern.
“This week, we issued an ultimatum for a review of the country’s financial constraint, but we have discovered, to our dismay, that no effort has been taken to alleviate the situation, and the administration is still dragging its feet.”
“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.
“We have been pushed to the wall, we have decided to take our destiny in our hands, and we have mobilized our workers for this exercise,” Ajaero explained.
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