Benue LG Workers Embark On 2-week Strike Over Unpaid Salaries, Pension Issues

Activities across the 23 local government councils in Benue State were paralysed on Thursday as local government workers commenced a two-week warning strike over unpaid salaries, unresolved pension remittances and other welfare-related grievances.
The strike action followed the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum and an additional seven-working-day reminder earlier issued by the Benue State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia.
In a strike notice dated May 13, 2026, and jointly signed by the union’s state president, Joshua Adah Adiniya, and state secretary, Comrade Aseneshi Musa Yusuf, NULGE accused the Benue S...