Public servants, under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, yesterday threatened to embark on national strike, with effect from October 2, should the Federal Government fail to respond to the demand in the President’s Independence Day broadcast tomorrow.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has also thrown its weight behind the public servants’ thret.
Recall that the workers had on September 30, 2026, issued an ultimatum to the Federal Government over the rising cost of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, demand for a wage award and the commencement of negotiations for a new national minimum wage.
They had earlier on September 21, written President Bola Tinubu stating their demands.
The JNPSNC, made up of eight public sector unions, yesterday issued the three-day warning strike notice should government fail to slash the price of petrol to N500 per litre, announce a wage award and introduce other measures to cushion effects of crushing hardship in the country.
Members of the JNPSNC include the Nigerian Civil Service Union, NCSU; Medical and Health Workers Union, M&HWU; Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN; and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM.
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