NLC vows to shut down economic activities, gives reason, details emerge

  • Joe Ajaero’s led NLC has expressed concern over the unpaid salaries of some of its member unions in the education section
  • After settling the minimum wage dispute on Thursday, the labour union vowed to embark on a nationwide strike as its sister union, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), if the four months’ salaries withheld by the government were not paid to members
  • This is after the police stopped the SSANU and its sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, from embarking on a nationwide protest

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

After reaching an agreement on the new minimum wage on Thursday, July 18, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strongly warned the federal government led by President Bola Tinubu over the withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions.