Fuel Subsidy : Banks, Insurance Companies To Join Strike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on strike, the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) says its members will join the two-day strike.
The industrial action planned by the NLC, scheduled to start today, is to protest the hike in petrol pump price, and electricity tariff, alongside other issues.
The congress also said the government had failed to implement some of the resolutions reached at previous meetings. NUBIFIE, in a statement signed by its general secretary, Mohammed Sheikh, directed all members to stay off duty during the two-day strike.
The directive, it said, is imperative to get the needed attention of the government and warn it off its new found love of meddling in the internal affairs of unions rather than addressing the punishing economic circumstances.
“We hereby direct all our organs to comply with this directive by ensuring all our members stay off duty for the two days,” the statement pointed out.
Commenting on the union’s resolve to join the strike today, president, NUBIFIE, Abakpa Anthony, said members of the bank and insurance companies were also being affected by the economic hardship.
