NLC Tells Nigerians To Stock Up On Food As It Vows To Shutdown Nigeria On Nov 6

NLC Tells Nigerians To Stock Up On Food As It Vows To Shutdown Nigeria On Nov 6

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has informed Nigerians to ensure they stock up on food as it will soon shut down the entire country on November 6.

This disclosure was made in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council in Abuja on Tuesday.

In the communiqué signed by the President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, the union directed all affiliate unions, state councils, civil society allies, the informal sector and other friends of workers and lovers of democracy to commence immediate mobilisation of their members.

The NLC also poured its displeasure at the government for its ‘no work, no pay’ policy, adding that what should have been implemented was ‘no pay, no work’.

The statement added, “The NEC advised Nigerians to start stocking up food and other necessities of life as workers will ensure a total shut down of the country.

“The NEC-in-session similarly condemned the government for its design/plan to clamp down on labour via selective and erroneous invocation of the ‘no work, no pay” clause in the Trade Disputes Act, noting that the right to strike is both a human and trade union right and cannot be abridged as it is what distinguishes a worker from a slave.”

The NLC maintained that the national minimum wage must be N30,000 even as it accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, of insincerity.