The National labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, in a joint statement by NLC President Joe Ajaero and TUC President Festus Osifo, said the strike has become necessary as the Federal Government appears headstrong in its refusal to increase the N60,000 it offered at tripartite committee meeting in Abuja.
Osifo also noted that at the resumption of negotiations on Friday there was no representative from either the Federal Government or the state governors .