High fuel price, wage award: Public servants begin nationwide warning strike Oct 2, if…

***Insists on Sept 30 ultimatum
***NLC backs public sector unions

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

Public servants, under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, yesterday threatened to embark on national strike, with effect from October 2, should the Federal Government fail to respond to the demand in the President’s Independence Day broadcast tomorrow.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has also thrown its weight behind the public servants’ thret.

Recall that the workers had on September 30, 2026, issued an ultimatum to the Federal Government over the rising cost of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, demand for a wage award and the comme...