Nigeria Labour Congress declares indefinite strike over minimum wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the beginning of an 

indefinite warning strike to pressure the Buhari administration to adopt 

A new minimum wage for workers

In a press statement on Wednesday, signed by the NLC general secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson, the congress resolved that the strike commence in the midnight of Wednesday. 

The release reads:

“Representatives of organized labour, after due consultation and meetings, have therefore agreed that all unions and our Civil society allies should embark on a warning strike from midnight of Wednesday, 26th September, 2018,” the statement said.

 “All affiliates and state councils are therefore expected to mobilize their members nationwide to ensure total compliance.” “The nationwide warning strike will remain in force until further directives are conveyed,"