The Sokoto State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have affirmed their preparedness to rally their members to participate in the nationwide strike declared by the national headquarters of the union.
The State Secretary of the labor union, Hamisu Hussaini, stated on Saturday that the state’s workforce has been organized and mobilized for the forthcoming action. Speaking on behalf of the State Chairman of the union, Abdullahi Aliyu Jungle, Hussaini asserted that the NLC and TUC in Sokoto State are fully prepared to engage in the strike action.
“We have received notification for the strike action from the national headquarters of the union on the commencement of the total and indefinite strike by Tuesday.
“I can assure you that we have immediately started mobilizing our members in the state to join the strike until all our demands are met by the federal government.
“We have informed all our affiliates across the state to get set for the action in addition to the monitoring team set up by the union to go round and monitor events in all the offices across the state” he affirmed.
Reacting to the development, the assistant secretary of the National Union of Transport Workers in the state who simply identified himself as Labaran said his members still expect directives from the national headquarters for the strike.
He said his members are set for the strike once the memo is received from the national headquarters of the union in Abuja.
Meanwhile, the secretary of the NLC had disclosed that the union leaders in the state had a meeting with some of the bank managers in the state to demand total compliance from them on the proposed strike.
“We visited some of the bank yesterday including Polaris bank where we told the manager that the strike will be monitored by a special monitoring team and he assured us that once a memo is received by the bank, they will have no choice than to join us” he added.
