Some commercial banks in Abuja
have joined in the ongoing warning strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.
Recalls that the organised labour
had said that the declaration of the warning strike became inevitable after
talks with the Federal Government over a new minimum wage ended in deadlock.
We observed on Friday
that banks in Abuja were shut in compliance with the warning strike.
Bank customers, who spoke to our
correspondent, said they were caught unawares over the decision of banks to
join the ongoing strike.
Some of them said they had no
money at home and had come to the bank to withdraw from the counter.
One of the bank customers, who
gave her name as Mrs. Carol, said she came to the bank hoping she could get
some money to pay for her child’s medication, only to discover that her bank
was shutdown.
According to her, “I don’t know
what to do now. I came to this bank this afternoon to get some money to pay for
my child’s drugs only to discover that the bank has joined the strike.
“I don’t know what to do, I don’t
have an ATM card, since the last time someone stole my card and made away with
my money, I stopped using the ATM.
” Right now I don’t know what to
do and there’s nowhere else for me to go”
On his part, another customer,
Mr. Festus said, “I came to this bank to make some withdrawals for the weekend,
only to find out that the bank was closed.
“Even when I tried to see the
bank manager, the security man said I cannot see anyone, and I was told to come
today to collect my ATM card by their customer service officer.
“This means I’m stranded for the
weekend,” he lamented.
Other banks customers called on the federal government and the labour union to come
to terms and end the strike because of its effect on the economy and the
masses.
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