- The Labour Centers have further instructed aviation workers to suspend flights into and out of the state
The Organized Labour, represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has issued an order to shut down electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State.
This action is in response to the recent incident of National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, being brutalized by Nigeria Police Force operatives.
The Labour Centers have further instructed aviation workers to suspend flights into and out of the state. These decisions were made during an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting convened by the TUC and NUC on Tuesday afternoon.
“The NEC-in-session orders the immediate withdrawal of services and shutdown of Imo State beginning midnight today. All workers and affiliates are expected to ensure compliance from wherever they are. All flights into and out of Imo state, fuel supplies and Electricity be stopped immediately as applicable. All Public and Private Sector workers are to immediately down tools indefinitely,” a communique released at the end of the meeting noted.
The implementation commences at midnight, November 8, 2023.
The Organised Labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Friday, issued a five-day ultimatum over the earlier arrest of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, by the police in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday.
The unions also threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action if their demands were not met in five days from Friday.
Ajaero was arrested by the police ahead of the state-wide protest in Imo on Wednesday. This was disclosed by the NLC’s Head of Information, Benson Upah.
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