By our Reportorial/ Editorial Desk
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress TUC on Monday morning shut down key public institutions and infrastructures.
They include the National Grid,Hospitals, Airports, Seaports and the National Assembly.
Current matters reports that officials of the Parliamentary Staff Union of Nigeria ( PASAN) in compliance with the directive of the organised labour,locked out staff of the National Assembly
Earlier in the day, the Electricity workers union shut down the National Grid resulting in total power outage across the country.
This was made known in a statement by Ndidi Mbah, the Public Affairs Manager of the Transmission Company of Nigeria ( TCN) in Abuja.
She said the workers shut down the grid around 2.19 am on Monday,3rd June,2024.
In the same vein, the Association of Nurses and Midwives, and some chapters of the Nigeria Medical Association NMA have joined the strike action.
In Port Harcourt,Banks, the Secretariat complex, schools and other government offices have been shut down.
At the state Revenue House location on Trans Amadi, the NLC officials gained access into the premises and asked workers to leave immediately.
A call by the Editor – in Chief of this publication to know if Zenith bank and others were open for business resulted in a resounding No response.
Two staff of the banks who spoke to the medium said they had opened for the business of the day as early as 8am but by 9 , NLC came around and shut down the bank gates and asked workers to go home.
The strike has also affected airports and seaports.
At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja and the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos passengers were reported stranded as air workers ground operations.
A visit to the Port Harcourt International airport at Omagwa showed no activity as all flights including local and international have been cancelled and workers asked to stay home.
The organised Labour have embarked on the strike action to demand a whopping N500,000 as National Minimum wage from the Federal Government.
On Sunday, the presidency spoke about the consequences the demand by Labour would have on the economy.
It would lead to closure of businesses,job losses,hike in school fees, food prices and many other goods and services,a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said.
