The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been informed by President Bola Tinubu’s administration that they have been barred from embarking on strike by a court order.
The federal government responded to the NLC’s seven-day ultimatum to begin industrial action in response to the rise in the price of gasoline and the high expense of living in the nation.
The NLC gave the federal government till Wednesday to change any “anti-poor” and “insensitive” policies.
B.E. Jedy-Agba, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Justice, stated in a statement that the union is prohibited from going on strike over the elimination of the gasoline subsidy by the order of the national industrial court.
According to Jedy-Agba, the court issued an injunctive order on June 5 prohibiting the National Labor Council (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from “enter[ing] into the planned industrial action/or strike of any nature, pending the hearing and determination of the pending motion on notice.”
Instead of “resorting to self-help and undermining the orders of the court,” she recommended the union to think about other options for negotiating with the federal government.