By Daniel Tyokua
The Joint Union Action Committee ( JUAC)of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has joined the industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress, grounding office activities in the secretariat.
President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Iortyer, said the committee’s decision to deny workers access to the Secretariat was in compliance with the NLC and TUC directives.
The action, according to the unions, was over the failure of the Federal Government to increase the N60,000 minimum wage it offered to workers and its refusal to reverse the recent increase in electricity tariff.
Iortyer explained that JUAC, being part of the labour unions, has no choice but to fully enforce the strike.
“My advice to FCTA workers is simple: stay at home and be the obedient workers you have always been.The strike action is for the interest of the Nigerian workers,” she said.
The labour unions had during the May Day celebration issued the Federal Government an ultimatum to ensure that negotiation on a new national minimum wage was concluded by May 31.
The President of TUC, Festus Osifo, told newsmen that the strike had become necessary as the government declined to increase the N60,000 wage it offered on Friday during the meeting of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage.
Osifo also said that the strike was imperative due to the refusal of the government to reverse the hike in electricity tariff
