The Nigerian workers on Monday cut off the Senate and House of Representatives’ two buildings’ water and electricity supplies.
News About Nigeria reports that other facilities in the National Assembly complex are also affected.
The event transpired subsequent to the National Assembly being closed by members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), a branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in observance of the labour unions’ unilateral strike declaration.
It was gathered that the entrance and exit gates of the assembly complex have also been blocked by two buses by PASAN.
Recall that the organised labour had insisted on embarking on an indefinite strike following the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage above N60,000.
However, Labour is demanding N494,000 as a minimum wage from the government.
The labour unions had earlier given a May 31 ultimatum for the federal government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers.
Earlier on Monday, the union shutdown the Lagos State Secretariat and other offices in the state in compliance with the nationwide strike action.
According to reports, the workers gathered as early as 7.30 am on Monday and locked the access gates into the Secretariat, thereby, preventing vehicular movement into the premises.
They were supervised by armed security personnel of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, to prevent any possible breakdown of law and order or possible hijack by miscreants.
The premises shut comprises of governor’s office, his deputy, the state House of Assembly, Ministries, Departments, some Agencies, banks, among other businesses.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Lagos, was also shutdown and staff chased out of the Agidingbi, Ikeja, office.
In another update, hundreds of passengers have been left stranded at Murtala Muhammed Airport.
So far, the federal government has proposed a minimum wage of N48,000, N54,000, and most recently, N60,000.
The NLC and TUC rejected all proposals and insisted on N615,500, which they demanded, citing the high cost of living.
Earlier, the Federal Government had cautioned that the N494,000 minimum wage demanded by labour unions, totaling N9.5 trillion, would destabilise the economy.
