Minimum Wage: Banks, Courts, others Comply as Strike Begins Today

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By: Christy Adah _ Abuja

Banks, Courts, Fuel Distributors Centers and other essential services nationwide will be shut from today as organised labour begins an indefinite strike over minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff. 

Yesterday, 2nd June, the Federal Government through the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and other relevant stakeholders in a swift reactions, warned and cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to shelve the proposed indefinite strike, saying it was premature and illegal. 

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However, as part of the mobilization for the strike, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has directed the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, and other senior staff associations to ensure total compliance.

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