Following the brutality of Joe Ajaero, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have called for a comprehensive nationwide strike that would start on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
On Tuesday in Abuja, at an unusual meeting of the National Executive Council, the leaders of the two unions agreed on the planned strike.
The two main trade unions claim that the recruiting of members and sympathisers has already started across the country.
News About Nigeria gathered that the horrifying attack on NLC National President Joe Ajaero in Imo State last week prompted the Organised Labour strike.
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, was accused by the Organised Labour of taking part in the recent attack on Ajaero in the Imo State capital, Owerri, sparking considerable outrage.
In addition to accusing Governor Hope Uzodimma, who is up for reelection, of being responsible for the attack on Ajaero last Friday, the Federal Government was given a five-day deadline to replace the police commissioner. However, the governor later stated that he was not involved in the attack on the labour leader.
Along with threatening a national strike if its demands were not satisfied, it also called for the arrest and prosecution of several of the governor’s subordinates.
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, redeployed Barde on Sunday for “neutrality’s sake” ahead of Imo State’s November 11, 2023, guber election.
In an attempt to postpone the planned nationwide strike that was set to start on November 14, the main Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to cancel their plans. They stated that both Joe Ajaero and Gov. Hope Uzodimma are notable Igbo sons and that Imo State’s welfare should come first.
