Public sector unions under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have directed federal, state, and local government employees to embark on a three-day warning strike beginning midnight, October 2, 2026.
The strike, affecting ministries, departments, and agencies nationwide, follows the Federal Government’s failure to meet demands for a petrol price reduction, wage awards, and urgent measures to cushion economic hardship.
“The economic and mental hardships are becoming unbearable and frustrating. The time to act and mobilise workers for the three days warning strike is now,” read a circular signed by JNPSNC National Secretary, Olowoyo Gbenga.
Key Demands
Petrol price cut: Reduce pump price to ₦500 per litre from the current ₦1,400–₦2,000.
Wage award: Emergency relief for workers to offset inflation.
Minimum wage committee: Immediate constitution of a tripartite body to negotiate a new wage ahead of 2027.
Union leaders expressed disappointment that President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address failed to announce concrete relief measures.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has backed the action, warning that rising fuel prices, inflation, stagnant wages, and insecurity have eroded workers’ purchasing power.
NLC President Joe Ajaero stressed that transportation costs, driven by petrol hikes, are the main channel through which inflation devastates households.
The strike is scheduled to run from October 2–4, 2026, with unions insisting that “an injury to one is an injury to all.”
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